I'm sitting at work today, minding my business when I get a text from our sitter along with a missed call and message. Adam hurt his arm. I call her back and hear him screaming in the background. I give her the usual instructions for his injuries - get boo boo Buzz (his toy story ice pack) and have him rest.
She kept me up to speed via text for a little while and then David said he would run home at lunch and check on him. After he stopped in, he called and said that Adam wouldn't move his arm. So I finished up at work and ran home to take him to Urgent Care to see if he maybe sprained his elbow or something.
We got there and thankfully it was empty. After filling out the paperwork with Adam glued to my side, we went to the back. The nurse checked his height (3ft 5in) and weight (39.5 lbs) and got his vitals. The doctor came in and asked what happened - he was swinging his arms with the sitter and turned awkward resulting in the hurt arm. He touched his arm in a few places and suspected there was a radial separation.
We went back for x-rays of both Adam and Momo. Boy did Adam scream when he moved his hurt arm. After three x-rays of his bad arm, a chat with the doctor and three x-rays of the good arm, the doctor determined it was radial head subluxation which is more commonly known as nursemaid's elbow.
After the diagnosis, he had to fix it by popping it back into place. The first time, it didn't quite work and that was obvious when Adam still held his right arm close to his body. The second time, the doctor did a quick pull and pop and it was fixed. Within no time, Adam was swatting at his 'hand balloon" that the nurse gave him and was allowed to go home. What seemed like an eternity, took a little more than an hour.
To reward him for being a good patient, we took him to sweet frog for frozen yogurt. Now he's playing with his cars and enjoying his favorite movie! I'm sure this won't be the first Urgent Care visit for an injury with Adam, but it sure was stressful.
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