Yesterday, I was playing with the baby, when my oldest daughter started screaming. I didn't rush to her room because she was in there with her sister and a friend and lets just say they all know how to bring on the drama! When I went into her room she was screaming that her arm hurt. What should I do? On the one hand, I thought, rush - hurry up and get her to the ER and on the other hand I thought it's probably nothing and going to the ER is going to be costly and time consuming. You have to know my history with the kids... every time I rush one of them to the doctor, hospital, etc. it turns out to be nothing and every time I say "Oh its just a cough" they turn out to have strep or an ear infection. UGH!
I called my DH and told him to get home right away to watch the other kids. I had one kid at a playdate and a playdate at our house. I called all of the parents to rearrange schedules and our wonderful neighbor who is like a Grandpa to the kids came over and waited until my DH came home and I took her to the ER. With five kids it's next to impossible to drop everything and rush out the door.
Thank G-D the ER was not crowded. We were seen right away, the triage nurse thought her arm was broken. One of my first thoughts was, oh no her Bat Mitzvah is in two weeks and it would be horrible for her to ever brake her arm but especially right now. We went for X-rays and the tech thought maybe she fractured her elbow, which is alot worse!
The doctor finally came in and said she just sprained and brusied her arm pretty badly. The put a splint under her arm and wrapped it up, she has to wear it for a week. Great news!
I feel horrible that I didn't go to her right away when she started screaming but the scream of pain she had for her arm, is the same scream she has for a stubbed toe, etc. I can't wait to be in the room with her when she, G-D willing, has a baby one day! I wonder what that scream will sound like?
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