Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Face down on the gym floor...

Three weeks ago during church Brian and I were in Sunday school when a nursery worker came and got me (which is weird since Abby is potty trained) and said that Abby was laying on the gym floor face down and wouldn't move or let anyone touch her.  She said her arm hurt.  Well, I arrived and usually Abby would say "I want to hold you", but instead would scream if I tried to pick her up or move her.  I then had them get Brian and when he got there Abby still wouldn't let us move her.  The three year olds who were playing with her said, "We were just playing and she fell down."  That being helpful we worried she had broken her arm and would have to have it set, maybe surgery, and a cast.  Just what we need.  Why does this always happen to us on a Sunday?  After about 10 minutes of allowing Abby to just lie there crying, Brian just picked her up to which she screamed until she was in a sitting position with her arm in an L shape.  There wasn't any pin point pain and the main pain was above her elbow.  We had her get a blessing and then headed to the ER.  After the Dr. poked around and assessed it she ordered an X-ray to rule out a broken bone.  Brian took her back for that and when they returned Abby was holding her arm with huge red eyes and tears streaming down her cheeks.  Brian said they kept trying to extend it all the way and Abby just screamed and they finally gave up and allowed her to have it bent a bit.  The PA came back and said there weren't any breaks and then tried to extend and bend Abby's elbow to which Abby screamed that "why are you letting them hurt me" scream.  The Dr. said she thought it was a nurse maid elbow which is caused by a pulling and twisting which causes the bones to partially dislocate at the elbow and is very painful until it's popped back in.  That is what the Dr. was trying to do, but failed the first time.  The head Dr. came in and tried to set it and got it to pop in that time.  Abby was up and using it within 2 minutes as if nothing happened.  It was a miracle and a blessing that that's all it was.  We walked out of there a few minutes later with a happy girl.  Oh, did I mention $25 for doing a survey while waiting in the ER?  Added blessing and bonus I guess.  That was the second time in the ER in a 6 week period and both happening on Sunday.  We just felt so blessed that Abby didn't need to have her arm set, wear a cast, or anything like that.  It was the best ER experience I guess one could have with a child in extreme pain one minute and totally better the next.  I imagine that is what it's like when Christ performed a miracle and healed someone.

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