Yesterday afternoon, I went to a meeting with several other mom's from the two Kindergarten classes at Kurtis' school. We were getting together to plan the end of the school year party. We meet at another mom's house, since she had a playground in the back yard.
The kids decided to not play on the set because several of the girls were afraid of the Carpenter Bees that were flying around. The 4 Kindergarteners and Joey and another little sister decided to go to the basement to play instead. They did that for a little while but then decided to go to the little girls room upstairs.
We mom's were sitting on the back porch making plans. We were almost finished with the planning when I heard crying. Every mother knows the sound of their child when they cry - so I knew it was Joey. I went around the corner to see what happened and the husband - Mark - had Joey saying that he fell down the steps - at least half way up the steps.
Now, I just want to say this, Joey goes up and down our stairs at home without any problems so I really don't know what happened. I am assuming that he was coming down the steps, the other kids were behind him. The other kids got excited, and so did he, he took a bad step and down he went. The good thing was that the steps were carpeted, the bad thing - the landing was not: laminate wood floor.
We were able to calm Joey down and get him quited down. We felt for broken bones, nothing.
When Jeff came home, he checked Joey out again, this time squeezing his wrist. Joey would wince but not cry over it. When he went to bed last night, he put his weight on his wrist once (as he climbed the stairs), winced and did not do it again. No pain meds were given.
This morning we made the decision to take him to an Urgent Care center - hence the title of the post. We know the Children's Close to Home location in Hilliard did not open to later in the day (I think not until after lunch time), I thought there was another location close to our house but I was wrong. We also know of a location up in Dublin that we took Kurtis to on several occasions. None were open!!!!
Knowing that our Pediatrician does not have X-Ray equipment, our only option was the ER at the new Dublin hospital. This place is great - hardly ever busy so it is usually a quick in and out.
By this time it is 8:30am so I have to leave to take Kurtis to school. Jeff stays with Joey while they get the X-Ray done. Jeff said Joey did really well - no moving around at all while they took the picture.
Well, needless to say here is the result:
Joey has a small fracture in his left wrist. This is a common fracture from a fall. Basically two bones got pushed together when he braced himself from the fall and one of them fractured.
This is just the temporary splint (although it may be permanent - depends on the what the orthopedic Dr. says). No water on it until it is off (all the usual cast precautions). So bath time will be an adventure over the next several weeks. We will know more within a few days when I can get him in to see the Dr.
Then to top things off, our digital camera is now broken. I turned it on to check the batteries and it would not turn on completely, nor would it turn off. I put in a new set of batteries with the same result. Oh well, good thing we have the camera Jeff uses for work.
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