JeffinNZ
07-25-2013, 06:00 AM
3pm I get the call from the school holiday program lady.
"Your daughter has had a fall, we suspect a broken arm."
I say, "Which daughter, could you narrow that down a shade?"
"Kiera"
I quickly change and get on my bike to high tail it home. Work is only 4km from home so it doesn't take long, I quickly change, grab her unicorn Pillow Pet, 'snuggly' and Kindle and into the car to the school which is only one house away. Pick up both girls and head to hospital where my wife had just started a shift. I call her from the E.R. and very calmly say "could you come downstairs please?"
We go through the process and Kiera is diagnosed with a dislocated elbow. Her elbow looked like a knee:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/elbow_zps7b670252.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/elbow_zps7b670252.jpg.html)
She gets a dose of paracetamol, then soon after some morphine, then something else to make her dopey and then just prior to the reset some laughing gas. She was funny as a fit on the gas and can't remember the reset or the cast going on. Lucky I took photos for her:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Cast_zps1b8984f4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Cast_zps1b8984f4.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Recovery_zps2d14a982.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Recovery_zps2d14a982.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Popsicle_zps260ce5e8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Popsicle_zps260ce5e8.jpg.html)
She is now in bed and fast asleep. The cast in on for two weeks and school goes back on Monday. She will have a story to tell at least.
It's been quite the evening. Lucky Sheryl was at work and just had to come downstairs. Never goes amiss having some 'uniform' on your side during a crisis.
"Your daughter has had a fall, we suspect a broken arm."
I say, "Which daughter, could you narrow that down a shade?"
"Kiera"
I quickly change and get on my bike to high tail it home. Work is only 4km from home so it doesn't take long, I quickly change, grab her unicorn Pillow Pet, 'snuggly' and Kindle and into the car to the school which is only one house away. Pick up both girls and head to hospital where my wife had just started a shift. I call her from the E.R. and very calmly say "could you come downstairs please?"
We go through the process and Kiera is diagnosed with a dislocated elbow. Her elbow looked like a knee:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/elbow_zps7b670252.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/elbow_zps7b670252.jpg.html)
She gets a dose of paracetamol, then soon after some morphine, then something else to make her dopey and then just prior to the reset some laughing gas. She was funny as a fit on the gas and can't remember the reset or the cast going on. Lucky I took photos for her:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Cast_zps1b8984f4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Cast_zps1b8984f4.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Recovery_zps2d14a982.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Recovery_zps2d14a982.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Popsicle_zps260ce5e8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Popsicle_zps260ce5e8.jpg.html)
She is now in bed and fast asleep. The cast in on for two weeks and school goes back on Monday. She will have a story to tell at least.
It's been quite the evening. Lucky Sheryl was at work and just had to come downstairs. Never goes amiss having some 'uniform' on your side during a crisis.