"Broken" Arms, Ice... and CIRCULATION (and Asperger's too)

[kidsnurse]

So I'm sitting in my kid's therapist's office, doing the DSM-IV thing with her, getting ready for Koda's evaluation tomorrow (for the "official" Asperger's Syndrome dx) up at Shands Teaching Hospital (affiliated with University of Florida) up in Gainesville.  And I get a 911 message on my cell.  And it's summer camp, at his school.  And Ko has been "run over" by another skater at the rink.  And his arm is broken.  And his fingers are blue.

Therapist's office is three minutes from the school, which is two minutes from the ER.  We make it to the ER in, grand total, four minutes.  Only there are 1357 people in the ER.  So we sit.  And wait.  And all the ice the school packed Ko's arm in wears off.  And his nailbeds turn pink.  And his arm turns pink a few minutes later.  And then he's swinging his arm in huge arcs, and smiling.  So we check out.

Moral of  the story:  Ice causes constriction.  Constriction causes blue.  An anxious teacher can cause a mother to have a heart attack.  Don't  pack an arm in ice, wait half an hour, and then call mommy.

And also.  We leave here tomorrow at 6am for  the Shands appointment.  So only possible Hour update would be late tomorrow evening, but possibly not until Thursday--enjoy the break!!

Comments

[med-anomaly.livejournal.com]

Goodness, glad it turned out all right. :)

[kidsnurse.livejournal.com]

thanks--and all it cost me (in the tears-and-drama-curing department) were one kiss, two hugs, and the jusy-out-today Bridge to Terabithia dvd! ;)

[misanthropicobs.livejournal.com]

Am glad it wasn't anything worse that some time wasted. Although personally I'd be ready to strangle someone by that point. Good luck tomorrow.

[kidsnurse.livejournal.com]

I'd be ready to strangle someone by that point

considered... and discarded. the security guards in our ER are armed. and unbalanced. so... not a good plan!

[misanthropicobs.livejournal.com]

Just noticed your location, why is it to late for coffee. Iced coffee at 10pm is a great way to go to bed.

[kidsnurse.livejournal.com]

late for coffee

since middle-age has hit, so has caffeine hypersensitivity, alas... :(

[misanthropicobs.livejournal.com]

I must be immune since I'm 57 now and have never had any symptoms of that dreaded malady.

[chaoskir.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, poor Kidsnurse. But I´m glad that it wasn´t that bad. I wish you good luck tomorrow too and I hope you have not a lot of grey hairs more than yesterday before this happend. Maybe you will get older faster when you have children? *smile*

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

wow, sounds like a busy day that could have been relaxed, if people were just a little bit less anxious...
Glad everything turned out alright!

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

Hey. I just remembered that you're not home today.

*sigh*. Wish I could just take today off, laze around as I feel like doing, but...no. Got to get on the road, go w**k.

Here's hoping your day is a good one, uneventful at least. You deserve some peace after the past couple of, um, interesting weeks.

[jeffreydbrown.livejournal.com]

*sending happy and compassionate thoughts*

[angelfirenze.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. Kill whoever did that. And I really hope Dakota's arm is okay. His arm is casted, right? And did you get my comment about my latest post?

[jeffreydbrown.livejournal.com]

...miss your writing, but mostly just you. :)

[dragen-eyez.livejournal.com]

Oh my... she waited half an hour before she called you?