Tuesday, September 30, 2008

first ever ER visit

Tonight we took our baby Rowan to the emergency room.  We thought her wrist was fractured.  And I did it, to make matters worse.  Poor girl, she is fine, and asleep, and it was just her elbow pulled out of joint.  But the poor kid!  She had to have it popped back into place, and it took the physicians assistant a couple of tries, and then she went and got the doctor to come down.  So after 3 hours of waiting, exams, and x-rays, it took him 10 seconds to push her little elbow back to rights.  She cried like her heart was broken, but 20 seconds later she was making up for lost time and running around like a happy little fairy.  I feel exhausted and awful.  But relieved.  And poor Genevieve, she was worried about her "sissie", and also was acting out a bit because our attention was a little unbalanced.  Maybe I shouldn't have brought her along, but I didn't know how they would take the separation when things were obviously not normal.  And last night was Dan's 30th birthday.  And we have scheduled our c-section for December 4th.  So that's the news.  I need some chocolate.  goodnight.

3 comments:

Ashlie Skidmore said...

holy smokes. i'm glad it all ended up okay - hope you all are able to get some rest!

merry said...

were you swinging her around by her arms? I am just asking cause Darby dislocated Lindsay's arm that way when she was little.

Emily said...

actually, the child was having a minor tantrum, and plopped herself down on the ground, while I had her by the hand. I didn't let her flop, and that's what did it, I guess.