Monday, July 21, 2008

The Elbow Bone Is Connected To The Arm Bone??


So my Dad (aka PaPa) came over to visit the kids on July 3rd. He has always been the fun Dad/PaPa that likes to play and wrestle and get the kids all stirred up into a friendzie. On this particular night he has playing "What Are You Going To Do Now?" where he grabs an appendage and holds it down so you can't move saying the above preceding phrase. My dad had both of the girls hands' and put them under his knees. Both girls were laughing and giggling trying to free themselves when all of a sudden Elise yanks her arm in a final attempt to get free. This is followed by an immediate cry of pain. Elise is not the type to cry over any little bump or bruise. When she cries you know she is hurt!! We soon noticed that she would not move her arm and said her wrist and elbow hurt. We decided that it wasn't broken because Dana could get the wrist to move with a little manipulation, Elise just could not move her arm on her own. Now after working with kids for 12 years and having the experience of a sweet 3 year old little boy at a day care I worked at throwing himself on the ground while I was holding his hand because he didn't want his diaper changed, I decided that she has dislocated her elbow. So Dana loads her up and takes her to the ER. I stayed behind to give Chris a bottle and to calm my very distraught Dad. He felt so bad and I felt really bad for him. It was just an innocent accident after all. A few minutes later I met Dana at the ER. They took us back and a doctor comes in and asks Elise to hold a toung depressor with her good arm. She quickly grabs it but refuses to do the same with the other arm. He says Uhhh-Huhhh in that Dr. tone of voice, picks up her arm, and mashes around a bit. About the time she starts to cry saying OUCH OUCH OUCH, he has it popped back into place. They call this Nurse Maid's Elbow. The Dr. then gives her what I am sure is a $2,100.00 dose of Ibuprophan and she is all back to her normal ornery self within minutes! She now has another (see my MySpace blog about the 1st) great ER story to tell to anyone who will listen!! haha

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