Another Trip To Children's

Last night Carson and Chandler were wrestling and goofing around like all boys do and Carson fell to the ground. He immediately started crying. Charles and I ran over to him and he kept saying over and over that his arm hurt and he wanted it to work again. We thought he was just being overly dramatic but when one of us tried touching his arm he would grimace and cry even harder, so we thought it best to take him to Children's Urgent Care.

Luckily we were able to get there an hour before they closed so it wasn't too busy. The nurse came and took us back to the x-ray area. The x-ray tech had Carson sit on a stool and then he took Carson's arm and started twisting it and trying to get it in position to take an x-ray. Charles had to stand behind him and keep him from holding onto his arm with his other hand. Carson howled in pain and cried and it was all I could do to keep from crying myself. Afterwards, we were led back to a room to wait for the x-ray to be developed. The doctor came in about 10 minutes later and told us there were no breaks or fractures. We were relieved. She said it looked like from the way he was holding his arm kind of limply that he might have what's called Nursemaid's Elbow. It's caused by a sudden jerk to the forearm. Like when you pull on someone's arm. She asked if that had happened to Carson and we told her it's possible that when Chandler and Carson were wrestling, Chandler could have tugged on his arm. She said the way to fix it would be to basically pop it back into place. She took Carson's arm and as quick as she could, did so. She said she felt it pop back in. Sure enough not more than a couple minutes later, Carson's arm was fine and he was moving it normally again. She told us that since this happened to him, the chances were likely that it could happen again so he'd have to be careful. She also said that it was good that we brought him in so quickly because the longer you let it go, the harder it is to pop back into place. The nurse came back in with a popsicle and sticker and needless to say Carson was back to his old self once again.

With this latest incident, I am now officially ready for 2009 to be over with!