The school called around 2pm. The receptionist said she had Lil Man in the office and he thinks he broke his arm. They’re not sure because they’re afraid to take his hoodie off. We flew over to the school to get him.
He had a couple of ice packs and the secretary said “Normally we don’t let kids take these home, but I can see he needs them. Can you just make sure you return them?” REALLY? You’re only concerned about the ice packs? Pfft, whatever! Am I wrong for being just a tad upset about that statement?
We get to the ER and it’s packed. They took us in the little room and checked him out. There were no rooms available, but the nurse ordered x-rays right away. She had us sit in the waiting room until they were ready for us. It only took about 10 minutes until someone came.
The whole ordeal didn’t take a whole long time and we were in and out in less than 2 hours. Not bad for an ER visit, especially never even having our own room.
He did break his arm. It’s the same one he broke about 2 years ago {after falling out of a tree} and pretty close to the same spot. It hurts, but they gave him stuff for pain.
So, how did this happen?
He was playing on the playground at recess and was going down a pole. I guess there are other poles by it and his arm got caught on his way down.
Poor kid. Doesn’t he just look miserable? 🙁
He’s got a nasty scrape at the top of his arm too. That one looks so painful.
So, you want to hear a funny story?
On the way to the hospital, he asked in a sad voice “I am going to have to get a wooden arm now?” I couldn’t help but laugh as I told him no, his arm will be fine.
He had a hoodie on, so the doctor said they were going to have to cut it off. He was like “Wait, what are you cutting off?”, thinking they were cutting off his arm!
Then, in the waiting room after x-rays he asked “So, were do do the cutting?” We told him not to worry, that they wouldn’t be cutting off his arm!
Yeah, my kid’s not only a total klutz, he’s a goofball as well.
I am kind of an overbearing mom when it comes to them doing stuff that they could get hurt doing. That is because of situations like this, broken bones, stitches etc. Lil Man especially is just a very clumsy kid and always has been. I suppose after today, people will realize there really is a method to the madness!
