Monday started off pretty well. Izzy was finally well enough to go to her swim lesson and she was so excited, especially since her Daddy was able to come and watch her. She kept showing off that she had learned the word water and shouted it often, she kicked, she splashed, she jumped in the pool on her own a bunch of times, she screamed her Daddy's name countless times so he would watch her, and she just had a ton of fun. This was only the second lesson out of five she managed to make it to because of illness. Her last one is this coming Monday but she cannot go :\ The reason is coming up.
B was in a great mood when he got off the bus and was even happier when Grandpa stopped by and invited him over. That meant I would be picking up S with just Izzy and S loves that because it gives us "alone time" in the car--he had had a great day at school and chattered all the way home. We pick up B on the way home, there is much fun with games, a favorite dinner, and then I ask S to do his chores while I give Izzy a bath. He comes to tell me something and when he's done, I remind him to do his chores (ADHD--we remind a lot). He goes into the hallway and I see him swinging on the rails of the open baby gate (it is a swing gate. He boosted himself up on the stationary rails and was swinging back and forth in the opening). I tell him to please stop swinging on the baby gate because he could get hurt and within seconds, he slips, falls face first to the floor, there is a horrific CRACK and he screams "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! NO NO NO NO NO NO" and then crying. He broke his arm again. Exact same place as the break in August and his forearm is in a U shape. I can't walk away from the baby because is in the tub so I yell for the husband in the hopes that he is still awake (he works nights so he got up for dinner and then went back to bed for a few more hours before work), tell S that it will be okay and please sit on the sofa because I have to get Izzy out of the tub. I rinse her quickly and scoop her out and S is trying to wander around the house (just like last time) and the husband was awake and trying to stay calm (I guess if you are looking for a bright side it is that having been through it just a few months ago, I was not frazzled and was able to get us out the door very quickly). Told the husband to go dress, called the parents to come get B, packed B's bag to stay the night and school stuff for Tuesday, got the baby ready, got S ready, got extra clothes for the baby in the diaper bag in case S was admitted overnight, and started the car to warm up.
I wanted to go to the Children's Hospital where B and Izzy had their surgeries this time--last time we went to the local ER and they had trouble setting his arm because both bones were broken. Surgery was a possibility last time and I figured a second break that was presenting exactly the same made surgery much more likely. I would much rather the pediatric orthopedic surgeons do it at a hospital I trust to do surgery.
S was very brave and did his best to stay calm. They took him back immediately and got his IV hooked up and some morphine and did some x-rays. I'm not sure how much time passed but I'm guessing maybe an hour or so and a pediatric orthopedic surgeon was down to set the arm. In the local ER, we found out afterwards that a Nurse Practitioner did it and she didn't have much experience--might explain why there was so much manipulation to get it in place. They gave him conscious sedation and then the surgeon set the arm--he did it really quickly, you could tell he knew exactly what he was doing. They did x-rays right there and then to make sure it was okay and then began the splint. I was expecting the board and ace bandage splint we had for the first break but the surgeon said he didn't think they were a good idea for kids--they are fine for adults but kids need more structure and support. So he did a long cast and then cut it along the sides (staying connected on the top and bottom) so it had room to expand for swelling and then wrapped over it with some tape and an ace bandage. The tape was to keep it snug but allow us to loosen it if there was too much swelling. S said the outer bandage made it look like a beehive :p
We had to wait around for a while for him to come out of sedation and keep some liquids down (common side effect is vomiting but he did not either time he had ketameen (sp?). Just like last time, he cycled between grateful, precocious, and belligerent LOL I should have taped it.....
While we were at the hospital, a slightly annoying and itchy bump on my arm that I thought may have been a bug bite began to hurt and swell and turn red. By the next day, most of my forearm and hand were swollen and it was so incredibly painful I couldn't believe it. There were no appointments available for Tuesday so I had to wait for Wednesday for an appointment--staph infection :\ I pretty much did noting but sleep for the next three days because of the pain and exhaustion. S is on codeine for pain so he slept with me....
Friday, B had his followup from his surgery last month. His ears look great and he finally passed a hearing test!!
S also had an appointment at the ortho clinic--things weren't as good for him :( The new x-rays show that his bones are at an angle instead of straight. He is borderline for needing surgical repair. They took off the temporary cast and did a new cast to reposition his hand. He goes back on Monday for another set of x-rays--the hope is the bones will begin to straighten as they heal so they are going to keep a close eye on it to see if we can wait it it out or if he needs to have surgery.
I stopped by my dr so she could check my arm--it looks and feels awful but the antibiotics need more time so I go back Monday to see if she can drain it and hopefully get out all. At least I felt better today and didn't sleep all day :p B had his swim lesson (S has to skip the rest of his lessons) and we ran some errands. The boys and I watched a movie while Izzy played (she has no time for silliness such as the tv) but then she started throwing up :( Poor girl has been throwing up on and off all evening. She finally stopped and nursed a little while ago and so far so good. I am tired but will stay up for a little while longer to make sure she is done throwing up. Poor baby seemed so confused by it :\
I srue hope tomorrow is a better day.....
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