Well, today was an interesting day for the Chunko household. It started off alright, but got interesting as it progressed. I dropped Kendall off at my friend's house while I went to volunteer at Riley's school. They are practicing a dance to be performed next Friday. I ended up taking over for his teacher because she wasn't very effective (no surprise there!). Afterwards, Riley and I went to pick up Sissy and got invited to join some friends for lunch at Joe's Crab Shack. The JCS in Jax is nice because it's oceanfront and has a lovely sand base under the playground area. Here in Utah, they have a nice indoor playground for the kids and you can see them through the glass enclosure. Both my kids were playing before and after lunch with their friends and having a blast. But it all came to a screeching halt when Kendall came out crying and holding her wrist, saying "owey." The usual kiss and hug didn't even make it feel better so I knew after 5 minutes that this was a more serious issue. I didn't see exactly what had happened because she was on the other side of the equipment when it happened.
I gathered my kids and our stuff and headed home while talking to the pediatrician's office on the phone. We were thankful that they were able to see her right away - initially they were going to make us wait an hour to get her in. As soon as the doc walked in and saw her holding her arm against her body, she was 99% sure that she had "nursemaid's elbow" which means that she dislocated her ulna bone from the elbow joint. No wonder she was crying and saying "owey!" The doc checked for fractures and when she did not suspect one, she reduced the dislocation. It popped right back into place and within 5 minutes, she was up and playing and all was forgotten! The doc also showed me how to reduce the injury because unfortunately kids are more likely to have repeats once they suffer this type of dislocation. Lucky Kendall, right?
What a way to destroy the rest of my day! At least she didn't fracture anything and it could be corrected in a timely fashion before it swelled up and became more difficult to correct. All the cleaning and laundry will keep for another day!
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You are very lucky there was no break or fracture involved (speaking from experience with Kai's broken elbow and Kaden's broken leg). I have never heard of nurse maid's elbow before. Poor Kendall. I am glad it popped right back into place, but OW! How did she do with that?
This post sounds all cool and collected. You know "picking up our stuff while calling the pediatrician" and all. Ho hum. I would have been freaking out. You are supermom! :)
Sherry -
It's all those years of coaching that have prepared me for the spills my kids take! :)
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