ER!

So, i got one of those phone calls that you dread...

Just before noon, the school called, your child has had an accident.

A was climbing on the dome shaped jungle gym, hanging from her knees - and lost her grip due to wearing gloves, landing directly on her head. By the time i picked her up, at least 20-25 minutes after the fact, she was still in tears - and complaining of major back pain. She has a fairly high tolerance to pain compared to some of the other kids, so, E, C, and I took her to the ER. We were the only ones there, so we got right in; although it still took a while to see an actual doctor. We spent a total of an hour and a half there from start to finish - April finally stopped crying midway through "The Three Bears," and we saw the doctor right after starting "Cinderella." The Doctor checked her out, and said she looked like she just strained it, but took x-rays just to be on the safe side. They came to get her for x-rays at the end of "Cinderella," and when she got back, we started into primary, and christmas songs.

MAN! It can be tiring entertaining munchkins in an ER!! Luckily we made it out with only one mis-hap; popping the ice bag (now more water than ice due to C's handling) on the matress. But i'm happy that we managed not to disturb the other patrons too much in our story-telling and song-singing; although they might not have been too happy to be regaled by christmas songs before it's even thanksgiving ;-) Anyway, A's doing better, x-rays came out fine, and she's likely to only be sore for a couple of days. It's been a couple of years since i'd been in ER with the kids - i hope it's at least a couple more until i have to go again! (The extra kids are MUCH easier to handle in that situation when they're just a little older!)