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February 07 NURSEMAID'S WHAT????Ok, so I haven't written in a while, at least not since the "Blizzard" we had, and for that I do apologize. But over this brief period, I have found out somethings. It seems that just because I thought I was brave enough to start over again with my daughter, doesn't mean I actually am. My children are pretty spaced out in ages, as you could probably tell by the photos. I have a wonderful step daughter, Niki, who is 22, a great 14 year old son, Josh (the best big brother a girl could wish for) and then we have Gabby, who is 2 1/2. And I have to say that if you had asked 5 years ago,if I would have more children, I would have looked at you and asked if you were crazy. But I think God knew what he was doing when he sent that little beauty to me and I have revelled in her ever since. So, with that said, you could only expect high panic when something happens to her.
Since she has been born, I have had more doctors visits than I thought possible for a normal healthy child, ear infections, colds, tubes in her ears and the normal check ups. So, why with that track record, why would I expect to get out of that phase so easily. For those of us who are medically stupid, and didnt know any better, dont swing your child around by their arms, if they are under the ripe old age of 5. This will cause something called Nursemaid's elbow, now ask me how I know this......We have had this happen, as recent as this weekend. So, I have spent the last couple of days in and out of doctors offices. It happened Saturday evening, and my son was picking on Gabby, when she got mad and dropped to the ground. Me, completely oblivious of this, and holding her hand, keeps walking. Yeah, not a good outcome. She starts screaming, holding her arm and not wanting anyone to touch it. We went to Urgent Care on Sunday, only to find out that having one doctor for the entire family, really isnt a good thing (ironically, there was a sign stating just that on the way out of the office) Anyway, I headed out Monday morning to the Peds office and 3 hours later, still no luck. We are told to watch her and if nothing changes, bring her back and we would go to the Orthopedist. Well, on Wednesday that was where we ended up. Thank goodness it was for good news.
Now for those that dont know what this is, its kind of like a hyperextention of the elbow and your child will refuse to move their arm, pick anything up and will favor it almost to the point that its like a dead limb. Now, what most dr's fail to tell you is that if this happens once, it will easily happen again. (They never said that it would be because of a piggy back ride though.) You wouldn't know it, but it can happen as easily as swinging your child around in circles by their arms, pulling arms through a jacket, lifting a child by one arm, a child pulling away from you, while you hold their hand. So, please, be very mindful of how you pick up your child, and how you play with them. Good news is, that in most cases it is easily fixed and can be done at the doctors office with a few quick bends of the elbow, and after a brief cry, your child is back to normal.
All in all, Gabby is fine, has regained full use of her arm and all is right in the world again! I am quickly finding out that I had it pretty easy with my son, who suffered from no more than 1 bout with strep that I gave him when he was 4. I think someone knew that I couldn't have handled that much back then and gave me this beautiful gift of a little girl to remember how precious life is and how stupid an irrate mother can be. My husband always laughs at me when something happens to her, because I do go crazy. And its hard for him to understand how this crazy, mess of a woman could be a cop for 6 years,all big and tough. Only to find out that all it would take is the tears of a 2 year old, and I am brought to my knees. Comments (3)
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