PEANUT GALLERY BLOG OF A HOMESCHOOLING MOM

Oct. 24, 2009

Excitement in our House

Last week we had excitement at our house. Almost two weeks ago on the 13th, Noodle fell while playing outside. He hurt his arm. I could not tell if anything was wrong or not. I have never had a sprain or a broken bone so I don't know what to look for at all. I called dh who was at work to come home so we could take him to the ER. This happened around 5 in the evening. (Dh stayed late at work so he could finish his research paper for one of his classes). He came home and determined it looked okay.

Well Thursday morning (the 15th), dh left for a weekend drill with his Army unit. By about lunch time, Noodle was in real pain. So I called our pediatrician's office and talked to the nurse. She fit us in the schedule for as soon as we could get there (my mom came with me as well as Rebecca). Once there, the doctor decided we needed to get x-rays as she believed it was broken. We had the x-rays taken, went back to the pediatrician's office (the two offices are in the same building) and found it was broken. Because of the time, we could not get into an orthopedic office that day. So the pediatrician had us go to the er. She said if we did not get the arm stabilized in a splint he could do additional damage that would necessitate surgery.

We went to the er and after several hours of Noodle and I waiting in one of the er cubicles while my mom, Rebecca, Jacob and Joseph waited in the waiting room we got the splint put on. Part of the problem was the er staff not being able to pull up Noodle's x-ray. But we finally made it home. The next day I took him to the orthopedic doctor to get a cast put on. The staff there was wonderful. Noodle was nervous at all the places mentioned above for fear of pain. He evidently remembers a lot more than we realized regarding his 5 sets of stitches that he got several years ago.

We went back yesterday to the orthopedic doctor who said the x-ray showed slight angulation, but it should be okay. So we go back in a week again to have another x-ray done. At this point we are not sure when the cast will come off. It will be around Thanksgiving is about the best guess we have.

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Oct. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by HSBCompanyBlog

Now what would life be like without any adventure?

I've never had a broken bone either so I wouldn't have known what to look for. I've always heard or read that it would swell. Not always the case!

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