ER Visit

So, Monday started out the week with a fun new adventure of going to the ER. Here's Rachel pre-ER visit.

 

And this is what she looks like post-ER visit (refer to the picture above).

So really, it turned out to be not a very big deal, but here's the story:

Rachel was sitting on the floor Monday morning and I was just about to get her dressed for the day, when she started to topple over, so I grabbed her arm to keep her from hitting hear head too hard when she fell and she laid still for a second, then started wailing. And of course right then the garage door closed, meaning Jacob was gone. I thought I had dislocated her shoulder because she wasn’t moving her arm, and just kept crying and crying. I tried calling her doctor and finally got through to a nurse help line and eventually she told me I should take her in to the ER. A friend came and gave us a ride and Jake met us there, since he works across the street from the hospital. For an ER visit, it was really quick. Rachel was pretty calm the whole time. I had gotten her calmed down at home and if her arm moved she would start crying again, but mostly she just laid there with a sad look on her face. A couple times in the car she started squirming to see around, then would start crying. But at the hospital she was good, and actually fell asleep a little. But when I had to put her on the scale to weigh her I thought she would start crying again, but she didn’t at all. She just didn’t move her arm and kept it at her side immobile. When the doctor came to see us he took her arm and warned us that she’d probably start crying while he moved her arm around, but she just whimpered a couple of times, she started moving her arm normally. Apparently she had what is called Nurse-Maid’s Elbow where her radius popped out a little of the elbow joint, but not to the point of dislocation. Apparently it's pretty common for little kids, and since it’s happened to her once, it’s more likely to happen again. The doctor showed me how to fix it if it happens again. So she was fine and happy afterwards, but I've been a little more paranoid about grabbing her arms.

So Sunday we decided to do a photo shoot since I've been meaning to call and get an appointment somewhere for a real one, but haven't gotten around to it. So here are some of the results. First, here's a lovely picture of Rachel when we were setting up the background sheet and it caught on her head.

 

Here's Rachel blending in in her camo pants.

 

And here is a picture once she was dressed for church.