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| A trip to the ER | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 6 2005, 05:59 AM (312 Views) | |
| dolmansaxlil | Nov 6 2005, 05:59 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Everything's perfectly fine, now. But we were in emerg yesterday afternoon/evening because Liam hurt his arm. 5.5 hours in ER, 2 x-rays, and a 3 second manipulation by the doc, and he's completely fine. He fell while he was running and dislocated his elbow (he did it once a couple years ago, and we were warned that it would be more likely to happen again). There are far worse things that can happen - other than being really bored in the waiting room and not being able to use his one arm, he was his normal self and it wasn't really all that traumatic. So that was my excitement for yesterday
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| bachophile | Nov 6 2005, 06:52 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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its a shame u waited 5 hours for a pulled elbow. its also called nursemaid's elbow because it often happens when a child tries to run across the street and the nanny yanks on the arm to keep them from stepping in street. clasically the child refuses to use arm and holds it close to body. u reduce it by the following manoever... Pulled elblow so next time, try to reduce it youself before running to ER, its not very hard. saves time, less pain and fear for child, and no xrays... |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 6 2005, 07:53 AM Post #3 |
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It happened to one of my daughters a while ago. She got off the bus from school cradling her arm ... she'd fallen off the monkey bars. (And grr, school nurse, who thought nothing was wrong.) I called the doctor, we were there ten minutes later, and gone ten minutes after that. Thank goodness it was an on call doc, and not our regular pediatrician, because reducing the elbow is a bit painful and the child now has a rather healthy fear of that on call doc. |
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| George K | Nov 6 2005, 08:09 AM Post #4 |
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Someone told me once (an orthopedic surgeon) that monkey bars are the #1 playground injury. Now that they've removed merry-go-rounds and seesaws, kids are finding ways of injuring themselves on stationary items. However, I can relate. I fell off monkey bars as well - when I was 10. Fractured my wrist (both bones) and it's been crooked since. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your son!
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| Mark | Nov 6 2005, 08:38 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Happy to hear Liam is OK! |
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| kenny | Nov 6 2005, 08:51 AM Post #6 |
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Ouch! Glad he's okay. Hope you gots good insurance. |
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| dolmansaxlil | Nov 6 2005, 09:32 AM Post #7 |
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Thanks for the link, Bach. I'm going to bookmark it, because since it's happened twice, my guess is it could happen again. I've told him that he can't go on the monkey bars at daycare or school this week because he could hurt his elbow again (I'm assuming hanging from his arm probably isn't so smart at this point) but he's not quite 4, so he's only going to "baby" his arm so much. Luckily, Liam has NO problem with doctors. The first time he did it, he talked about wanting to go back to the doctor for weeks after. He was just so thrilled that the doc fixed his arm for him. Of course, my child also loves the dentist - he's odd. The wait was unusually long. I've never been more than 30 minutes in the waiting room there before. But it was unusually busy last night, and the walk in clinic in town was closed last night because of some problem or another, so everyone was flocking there. Ah well. He was amazingly well behaved. At about the 3 hour mark in the waiting room, he started to get antsy, so I called his dad and asked him to come by the hospital with some dvds and his laptop. Made the next couple hours that much easier. In other weirdness - the doc couldn't tell on the xray whether it was dislocated, and Liam was able to move his arm in a way that he maybe couldn't if it was dislocated (though he said it hurt to do so). So they xrayed the elbow that wasn't injured, then compared, and the doc was then able to see that it was dislocated. Apparently, my child has weirdly shaped elbow joints. |
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| kentcouncil | Nov 6 2005, 03:21 PM Post #8 |
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Protect your child, Dol. Dress him in Stormtrooper armor. |
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| dolmansaxlil | Nov 6 2005, 03:31 PM Post #9 |
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Isn't he a little short for a Stormtrooper?
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| kentcouncil | Nov 6 2005, 03:36 PM Post #10 |
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:lol: Good one! Queen of the Dorks! Queen of the Dorks! Here's your crown, Your Majesty! (God, I'm so in love with you... )
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| BeeLady | Nov 6 2005, 03:53 PM Post #11 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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Sorry to hear about Liam's arm, Dol. Though it sounds like the trip to the ER was worse than the injury! This happened to my youngest when he was a few months old. He was trying to roll over and had his arm pinned underneath his body. His toddler brother was heard saying, "Let me help you" just out of my sight. Poor baby. But lucky for me my sister and her kids get all sorts of exotic illnesses and injuries! She had told me of the same symptoms just weeks before as a result of her husband swinging their daughter around by her wrists.Doc said it happens alot when folks try to pull a kid out from under the bed. After too many trips to the ER (guaranteed 2 hour minimum) I have taken to calling the Doc first and most times they can handle it in the office. Except for stitches when they crack their little heads, right Kenny?
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He fell while he was running and dislocated his elbow (he did it once a couple years ago, and we were warned that it would be more likely to happen again). There are far worse things that can happen - other than being really bored in the waiting room and not being able to use his one arm, he was his normal self and it wasn't really all that traumatic.



She had told me of the same symptoms just weeks before as a result of her husband swinging their daughter around by her wrists.
6:26 AM Jul 11