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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Nursemaid’s Elbow

by Papa K on January 25, 2015

That's a very sad little girl, but she just had her elbow popped back into place and is on her way to recovery...

That's a very sad little girl, but she just had her elbow popped back into place and is on her way to recovery...

Saturday night we made an expected stop after dinner to the emergency room. A normal walk across the parking lot to our car quickly became something else when Mommy went one way with Lauren’s arm and Lauren went the other. It was a movement we’ve both probably done a thousand times, but this time, it caused her little elbow to pop out of place.

We knew something was wrong right away – Lauren was pretty upset. It wasn’t the worse scream I’ve ever heard from one of the kids (that would below to Maile when she faceplanted on the stairs at our old apartment and her mouth gushed blood)… but we knew something was wrong when it didn’t stop. Every time she moved her little arm she shrieked out a bit and it mostly was lying limp by her side.

It just so happens that a friend was telling us about this happening to his daughter just the night before … so part of me was thinking I was reading too much into it at first, but we decided to head to the ER anyways.

After a short wait (and a little Frozen for distraction), the doctor saw us and sure enough diagnosed “nursemaid’s elbow” and was able to pop things back into place pretty easily. As soon as it went back, Lauren was back to normal (tired, but back to normal)!

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