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[MySmallWorldof4]

Ugh. I was just going to throw some clothes on to go pick up DS and the phone rang....he was pushed at recess and fell and hurt his wrist and is still complaining an hour later. So, off to the doctor I guess. DH is on the way to pick him up.
I called the doctor, doctors office is closed today. So I called Urgent care. They are closed during regular office hours. I call the doctor back to get the on-call doctor....they are really busy....if this is an emergency, please hang up and call back and choose 1 in the menu. So I do that, FINALLY get a person, she says bring him right now. So I tell her, my husband is on his way, about 20 minutes out. She says "Can't someone else pick him up?" No....because if I pick him up, he has to ride his bike, which is hard if his wrist is possibly broken. (Not to mention the fact that it would take ME longer to get there by bike than it will DH by car, since it's a 25 minute bike ride and I am still not dressed. THEN it would be another 25-30 minutes to ride to the doctor's office. )"Can't you put him on the back of YOUR bike?" (I only told her he can't ride his bike with the wrist) Um....NO. "Do you have a neighbor who can bring him?" I'm like....look....his school is in timbuktu. Even if I KNEW someone in this neighborhood with a car who isn't at work during the day, it would take them just as long to get there as it will now take my husband. So hubby is on his way.

Even if I could put him on the back of my bike, which he is WAY too big for, the street we would need to get there is closed this week. I would have to go all the way around and it would take me probably close to an hour to get him from his school to the doctor. We've been going a different route this week (which we've discovered is about 5 minutes faster) because the regular street we'd been taking is closed, and that route goes right past the doctor's office where the new route takes us past the train station instead. Bad timing for that street to be closed because that's how DH would normally take him by car, too.

TGIF!!!! At least he's only missing 30 minutes of school...Fridays are half days for him, so he'd have been getting out soon anyway. I just called DH back to let him know about the street closure and he said he's just loading DS into the car and the wrist does look swollen. Prayers and pixie dust that it's not broken, PLEASE!!!

Prayers for him. Maybe it is a really bad sprain. That kid who pushed him should get expelled and his parents should pay the doctor bills.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Thank you. I do exercise 7 days a weeks. Walking, weights, and aerobics/yoga. I think my high readings at the dtr’s office are still the setting and white coat syndrome. This morning, I took it at home and it was down 24 points. A friend suggested focused breathing to help when it is being taken to help me relax. As for my diet, I do eat healthy but I do need to cut down on caffeine and sweets. I do eat meat but cut down on red meat to a minimum. I need protein for energy so I couldn’t cut it out entirely. I could use more plant-based proteins though.

Yoga breathing and meditation help a ton.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Ok chit-chat people, I had the best night last night!!!

Went to Dave Matthews Band concert, my 25th time seeing him live, but unfortunately have missed him the past two years.

It was wonderful!!
Feels like forever since I’ve had a night like that. I needed it.

I am not a Dave Matthews fan, but I am glad you were able to get out and have some fun.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

On a more sober note.. this story breaks my heart.. every baseball parent’s worst nightmare... and my biggest fear with T pitching. I don’t know this family, but we’re praying for them. Just received an email from our coach, T’s team is going to make cards for the boy.

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This has been a bad health news day on this thread today and yesterday. I hope that he will come out of this ok. What is the safest sport to play? Tennis? Unless someone gets angry and hits you with the racket?

 

[21stamps]

I am not a Dave Matthews fan, but I am glad you were able to get out and have some fun.

Thanks!

This has been a bad health news day on this thread today and yesterday. I hope that he will come out of this ok. What is the safest sport to play? Tennis? Unless someone gets angry and hits you with the racket?

I have so much catching up to do, I’ll have to go back and read.
Golf is maybe the safest sport where injuries like that are concerned? Tennis and swimming as well.

 

[21stamps]

My mom has a video of me in a dive meet.. I did a crow hop on a dive that I had done perfectly who knows how many times. It was an inward double on a 1 meter board.
The crow hop caused me to start the dive off wrong, I came too close to the board, and my hair slapped it. My mom dropped the video camera and you can hear her scream, along with the rest of the audience gasping. From their vantage point, it looked like I had hit my head.

I was fine.. but we still laugh when talking about the video today. I was lucky.

 

[93boomer]

This has been a bad health news day on this thread today and yesterday. I hope that he will come out of this ok. What is the safest sport to play? Tennis? Unless someone gets angry and hits you with the racket?

Not really. I played tennis in college. Between almost turning an ankle and watching when someone lobs the ball to your head or eye is very dangerous too. I don't think there are any 'safe' sports.

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Holiday mode activated

 

[Songbird76]

DS's wrist is broken. It took AGES at the ER. DH took him to the doctor, but he couldn't tell if it was broken or not, so he sent us to the hospital for an x-ray. DH picked me up and we all went together. They confirmed a break and sent us to the ER, where we waited for 20 minutes and then someone came, took us to a room, asked some questions, then gave him some paracetamol and a sling and a hospital bracelet. (That one worried me...they told us he couldn't eat or drink anything in case he needed surgery, then gave him a bracelet. I thought they were going to admit him)
They sent us back to the waiting room and we waited for like an hour, hour and a half. They FINALLY came and got us, took us to another room, asked a bunch more questions and then apologized for how long it took. They had told us when we got there that it was REALLY busy, but apparently there was a miscommunication and they thought someone had already seen him. They never did show us the x-ray. So they explained that it had broken and was not straight, so they needed to set the bone. The problem was how to do that because he was already in so much pain, they didn't want to make it any more traumatic for him because he was really upset. So they left us again and said they'd be right back.

And then we sat there for another half hour or so. They came back and said they were going to cast him. I asked if that would cause problems with the bone not being straight.. So the doctor came and talked to me while DH distracted DS. She said they were going to set it without him knowing beforehand. THey'd just give it a nudge while they were wrapping it. It made me nervous, but she said the only other option was to wait until they could do it surgically, which would be at about 3:00 am. They thought, given his autism, etc....that it was better to try and set it as they wrapped. So that's what they did, and I had to be taken out and laid down because they thought I was going to pass out. Apparently I didn't look well, and the doctor asked me if I was ok, I admitted I felt funny, and they whisked me away. DS handled it better than I did. After they wrapped it, they did another x-ray to check that they had gotten it set, and we have to go back in the morning for one more check. If it didn't set right, he'll probably have to have it done surgically. So prayers and pixie dust that they got it set right.
When he was released, we let him choose where he wanted to eat. He was so brave, he totally earned it, and we were all STARVING because we got the call from the school at 11:30, and it was 4:30 before we were released. None of us had gotten lunch, and it was almost dinner time. So we ended up at McDonalds for some comfort food. And now DS is resting while he watches some TV. DH is napping because we're all drained and he was on the computer and kept falling asleep, so I told him just to let it go!

So, tomorrow morning, hospital. Tomorrow afternoon, pick up DD from camp. Tomorrow night, NOTHING. Please! Let us not need surgery so we can just stay home and veg!!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

DS's wrist is broken. It took AGES at the ER. DH took him to the doctor, but he couldn't tell if it was broken or not, so he sent us to the hospital for an x-ray. DH picked me up and we all went together. They confirmed a break and sent us to the ER, where we waited for 20 minutes and then someone came, took us to a room, asked some questions, then gave him some paracetamol and a sling and a hospital bracelet. (That one worried me...they told us he couldn't eat or drink anything in case he needed surgery, then gave him a bracelet. I thought they were going to admit him)
They sent us back to the waiting room and we waited for like an hour, hour and a half. They FINALLY came and got us, took us to another room, asked a bunch more questions and then apologized for how long it took. They had told us when we got there that it was REALLY busy, but apparently there was a miscommunication and they thought someone had already seen him. They never did show us the x-ray. So they explained that it had broken and was not straight, so they needed to set the bone. The problem was how to do that because he was already in so much pain, they didn't want to make it any more traumatic for him because he was really upset. So they left us again and said they'd be right back.

And then we sat there for another half hour or so. They came back and said they were going to cast him. I asked if that would cause problems with the bone not being straight.. So the doctor came and talked to me while DH distracted DS. She said they were going to set it without him knowing beforehand. THey'd just give it a nudge while they were wrapping it. It made me nervous, but she said the only other option was to wait until they could do it surgically, which would be at about 3:00 am. They thought, given his autism, etc....that it was better to try and set it as they wrapped. So that's what they did, and I had to be taken out and laid down because they thought I was going to pass out. Apparently I didn't look well, and the doctor asked me if I was ok, I admitted I felt funny, and they whisked me away. DS handled it better than I did. After they wrapped it, they did another x-ray to check that they had gotten it set, and we have to go back in the morning for one more check. If it didn't set right, he'll probably have to have it done surgically. So prayers and pixie dust that they got it set right.
When he was released, we let him choose where he wanted to eat. He was so brave, he totally earned it, and we were all STARVING because we got the call from the school at 11:30, and it was 4:30 before we were released. None of us had gotten lunch, and it was almost dinner time. So we ended up at McDonalds for some comfort food. And now DS is resting while he watches some TV. DH is napping because we're all drained and he was on the computer and kept falling asleep, so I told him just to let it go!

So, tomorrow morning, hospital. Tomorrow afternoon, pick up DD from camp. Tomorrow night, NOTHING. Please! Let us not need surgery so we can just stay home and veg!!

Geez. As soon as I read that he broke his wrist, I wondered how he would handle it. I can tell you my brother would not handle that well at all. Kid doesn't even like being sick. Here's hoping for no surgery, for all of your sakes. I know when I had my torn ligament in my thumb, it was almost as hard on my mom as it was on me.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Thanks!



I have so much catching up to do, I’ll have to go back and read.
Golf is maybe the safest sport where injuries like that are concerned? Tennis and swimming as well.

Well you could get hit with a stray golf ball, or get hit in the head with a club. You could drown swimming, or hit your head in the pool if you dive. Guess you could find ways to get hurt with every sport.

 

[21stamps]

Well you could get hit with a stray golf ball, or get hit in the head with a club. You could drown swimming, or hit your head in the pool if you dive. Guess you could find ways to get hurt with every sport.

True. I was trying to think of sports where risk of getting into an ICU situation from another person or object was less likely. Soccer, Football, Lacrosse, Baseball..another player can cause serious life threatening damage.
Diving, gymnastics, dance, and horseback riding can cause the same if you fall or hit something.

I love tennis, love swimming, hate golf.. but have less of a fear of life threatening injuries with those sports.

You’re right. Bottom line- humans are never completely safe.


ETA- I forgot basketball and volleyball .. but I’d put those in the ‘less chance of ICU’ camp. Even though I did have my nose broken during a volleyball match.. I’ll take a broken nose over something worse!

 

[21stamps]

Ugh. I was just going to throw some clothes on to go pick up DS and the phone rang....he was pushed at recess and fell and hurt his wrist and is still complaining an hour later. So, off to the doctor I guess. DH is on the way to pick him up.
I called the doctor, doctors office is closed today. So I called Urgent care. They are closed during regular office hours. I call the doctor back to get the on-call doctor....they are really busy....if this is an emergency, please hang up and call back and choose 1 in the menu. So I do that, FINALLY get a person, she says bring him right now. So I tell her, my husband is on his way, about 20 minutes out. She says "Can't someone else pick him up?" No....because if I pick him up, he has to ride his bike, which is hard if his wrist is possibly broken. (Not to mention the fact that it would take ME longer to get there by bike than it will DH by car, since it's a 25 minute bike ride and I am still not dressed. THEN it would be another 25-30 minutes to ride to the doctor's office. )"Can't you put him on the back of YOUR bike?" (I only told her he can't ride his bike with the wrist) Um....NO. "Do you have a neighbor who can bring him?" I'm like....look....his school is in timbuktu. Even if I KNEW someone in this neighborhood with a car who isn't at work during the day, it would take them just as long to get there as it will now take my husband. So hubby is on his way.

Even if I could put him on the back of my bike, which he is WAY too big for, the street we would need to get there is closed this week. I would have to go all the way around and it would take me probably close to an hour to get him from his school to the doctor. We've been going a different route this week (which we've discovered is about 5 minutes faster) because the regular street we'd been taking is closed, and that route goes right past the doctor's office where the new route takes us past the train station instead. Bad timing for that street to be closed because that's how DH would normally take him by car, too.

TGIF!!!! At least he's only missing 30 minutes of school...Fridays are half days for him, so he'd have been getting out soon anyway. I just called DH back to let him know about the street closure and he said he's just loading DS into the car and the wrist does look swollen. Prayers and pixie dust that it's not broken, PLEASE!!!

DS's wrist is broken. It took AGES at the ER. DH took him to the doctor, but he couldn't tell if it was broken or not, so he sent us to the hospital for an x-ray. DH picked me up and we all went together. They confirmed a break and sent us to the ER, where we waited for 20 minutes and then someone came, took us to a room, asked some questions, then gave him some paracetamol and a sling and a hospital bracelet. (That one worried me...they told us he couldn't eat or drink anything in case he needed surgery, then gave him a bracelet. I thought they were going to admit him)
They sent us back to the waiting room and we waited for like an hour, hour and a half. They FINALLY came and got us, took us to another room, asked a bunch more questions and then apologized for how long it took. They had told us when we got there that it was REALLY busy, but apparently there was a miscommunication and they thought someone had already seen him. They never did show us the x-ray. So they explained that it had broken and was not straight, so they needed to set the bone. The problem was how to do that because he was already in so much pain, they didn't want to make it any more traumatic for him because he was really upset. So they left us again and said they'd be right back.

And then we sat there for another half hour or so. They came back and said they were going to cast him. I asked if that would cause problems with the bone not being straight.. So the doctor came and talked to me while DH distracted DS. She said they were going to set it without him knowing beforehand. THey'd just give it a nudge while they were wrapping it. It made me nervous, but she said the only other option was to wait until they could do it surgically, which would be at about 3:00 am. They thought, given his autism, etc....that it was better to try and set it as they wrapped. So that's what they did, and I had to be taken out and laid down because they thought I was going to pass out. Apparently I didn't look well, and the doctor asked me if I was ok, I admitted I felt funny, and they whisked me away. DS handled it better than I did. After they wrapped it, they did another x-ray to check that they had gotten it set, and we have to go back in the morning for one more check. If it didn't set right, he'll probably have to have it done surgically. So prayers and pixie dust that they got it set right.
When he was released, we let him choose where he wanted to eat. He was so brave, he totally earned it, and we were all STARVING because we got the call from the school at 11:30, and it was 4:30 before we were released. None of us had gotten lunch, and it was almost dinner time. So we ended up at McDonalds for some comfort food. And now DS is resting while he watches some TV. DH is napping because we're all drained and he was on the computer and kept falling asleep, so I told him just to let it go!

So, tomorrow morning, hospital. Tomorrow afternoon, pick up DD from camp. Tomorrow night, NOTHING. Please! Let us not need surgery so we can just stay home and veg!!

Oh goodness I’m so sorry about this!!!

Was he pushed intentionally or was it an accident?

It’s so horrible to watch your child with a broken bone . Sounds like the break was the best a break could be and won’t need any pins or surgery.. I’m sending good thoughts that it was set correctly the first time!! Poor kiddo He handled it like a champ from the sounds of it! How long will the cast stay on? He could have fun with letting you draw something on it and obtaining signatures

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I was driving along, and I noticed a Starbucks being built. I was seriously confused because I swore there was one across the street.

I looked and sure enough...

Starbucks is like an infestation.

 

[21stamps]

I was driving along, and I noticed a Starbucks being built. I was seriously confused because I swore there was one across the street.

I looked and sure enough...

Starbucks is like an infestation.

No, no, no!! This is good news! So many Starbucks locations closed during the recession, it’s a great sign that more are opening up! We have a new one being built by us as well, which will give us 3 within a mile.. T wants to be there on opening day.lol

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

DS's wrist is broken. It took AGES at the ER. DH took him to the doctor, but he couldn't tell if it was broken or not, so he sent us to the hospital for an x-ray. DH picked me up and we all went together. They confirmed a break and sent us to the ER, where we waited for 20 minutes and then someone came, took us to a room, asked some questions, then gave him some paracetamol and a sling and a hospital bracelet. (That one worried me...they told us he couldn't eat or drink anything in case he needed surgery, then gave him a bracelet. I thought they were going to admit him)
They sent us back to the waiting room and we waited for like an hour, hour and a half. They FINALLY came and got us, took us to another room, asked a bunch more questions and then apologized for how long it took. They had told us when we got there that it was REALLY busy, but apparently there was a miscommunication and they thought someone had already seen him. They never did show us the x-ray. So they explained that it had broken and was not straight, so they needed to set the bone. The problem was how to do that because he was already in so much pain, they didn't want to make it any more traumatic for him because he was really upset. So they left us again and said they'd be right back.

And then we sat there for another half hour or so. They came back and said they were going to cast him. I asked if that would cause problems with the bone not being straight.. So the doctor came and talked to me while DH distracted DS. She said they were going to set it without him knowing beforehand. THey'd just give it a nudge while they were wrapping it. It made me nervous, but she said the only other option was to wait until they could do it surgically, which would be at about 3:00 am. They thought, given his autism, etc....that it was better to try and set it as they wrapped. So that's what they did, and I had to be taken out and laid down because they thought I was going to pass out. Apparently I didn't look well, and the doctor asked me if I was ok, I admitted I felt funny, and they whisked me away. DS handled it better than I did. After they wrapped it, they did another x-ray to check that they had gotten it set, and we have to go back in the morning for one more check. If it didn't set right, he'll probably have to have it done surgically. So prayers and pixie dust that they got it set right.
When he was released, we let him choose where he wanted to eat. He was so brave, he totally earned it, and we were all STARVING because we got the call from the school at 11:30, and it was 4:30 before we were released. None of us had gotten lunch, and it was almost dinner time. So we ended up at McDonalds for some comfort food. And now DS is resting while he watches some TV. DH is napping because we're all drained and he was on the computer and kept falling asleep, so I told him just to let it go!

So, tomorrow morning, hospital. Tomorrow afternoon, pick up DD from camp. Tomorrow night, NOTHING. Please! Let us not need surgery so we can just stay home and veg!!

Oh I am so sorry for ds. Really, the culprit needs to be reprimanded. I hope the wrist heals without surgery. It sounds like he did a great job at handling himself at the hospital. Hope that you get to relax at some point this weekend.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

So last night, actually from 3- just about 10pm I volunteered to help out with rehearsal for the gymnastics year end show. Apparently I was the only parent that volunteered for last night. I helped the photographer by handing out forms and stamping checks, and basically making sure everyone knew where to get their kids pictures taken. So the way it worked was you needed a form per kid, and if a kid wanted a picture with a friend, or if their were sibling pictures, then they needed a separate form for that. So things are rolling smooth. One of my friends was on line and all of a sudden, a mom came out from the room they were taking the pictures at and walked to the table where I was and huffed with her hands on her hips. She said basically that next year they needed to have a better system for pictures or better instructions, because she wasn't told that she needed a separate form filled out if her 2 kids wanted a picture together. She said she came to me and said that I told her she needed a separate form per kid, but she didn't know that she would need one if her kids would get a picture together. Then she said, "Well you just lost out on some money." I was thinking, well you didn't mention you wanted your kids to get pictures together. Plus I didn't know she had 2 kids. She came from behind me when she asked about a form per kid, so obviously I answered her question and didn't ask if she wanted the kids in a pose together. All I said was, I don't work for the photographer. I am just a parent volunteer and I would pass on her criticism. My friend who heard the whole thing just rolled her eyes. At the end when I went to bid the gym owner goodbye, she asked what the ruckus was about. I told her, and she said that even if there was a sign, that their would be people that wouldn't read it anyway. I wasn't fussed. In the whole scheme of my little world right now, I brushed it off as just someone needing to complain just to complain. She easily could have filled out another form in the picture taking room as her kids photos were being taken. On another note, the photographers came to me at the end and thanked me for helping out. They said they never had such a smooth flow of people. They offered to give me a free package of littlest dd when she takes team pictures in the fall.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I am volunteering at concessions for the show my kids are in tonight. Hopefully there are no crazy parents tonight to deal with. Dh will be there with me, so he will handle any rabble-rousers.

 

[Songbird76]

Geez. As soon as I read that he broke his wrist, I wondered how he would handle it. I can tell you my brother would not handle that well at all. Kid doesn't even like being sick. Here's hoping for no surgery, for all of your sakes. I know when I had my torn ligament in my thumb, it was almost as hard on my mom as it was on me.

He handled it so well all day. We just got him to bed and he burst into tears because he doesn't know how to do anything...brushing his teeth, getting his clothes off, how to lie down in bed. He's really overwhelmed and scared...doesn't want to go outside for recess because he's scared something else will happen. We've got the whole weekend to figure it out, but he's nervous and panicking. So we told him for now he doesn't need to worry about anything, just rest and we'll figure it all out together. So he held it together well in the moment, which surprised me, but now it's catching up to him.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

This came in the mail the other day.