We are in Las Vegas right now. For fun we decided to play with the cousins at a nearby elementary school. Olivia and Garrett both got new bikes (pictures of them later). They had a ton of fun riding them around.After we had been there a bit, Olivia was playing on the monkey bars (they were actually rings that hung down and you swing across). Grandma Brunner and Cynthia were helping her stay up. She slipped, fell, and landed on her arm or elbow. She kept crying. We decided to take the kids home. Olivia wouldn't stop crying. When we got home we took another look at it and noticed a lump right above her elbow. We decided to go to Quickcare (Which, by the way, should be renamed because they were anything but quick!). We sat next to a couple of scary looking people and dealt with a variety of medical staff. After 5 X-rays and two and a half hours of waiting, crying, and a bucket of Olivia's runny nose tissues we could leave. They told us that it wasn't dislocated and that it might have an "invisible" fracture. I say invisible because we couldn't see anything and the doctor there couldn't see anything, but the orthopedic surgeon who examined the X-rays said there might be something there and we needed to come back on Monday. Livvy got a nice splint and a sling. We doubt we'll go back on Monday.
We are still planning on doing all the Easter stuff, but are bummed out about next week. The highlight of our trip was supposed to be going to the beach and we won't be doing that now.
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If you're not going to the doctor then GO TO THE BEACH. A little owie shouldn't stop you from having fun at the beach. I'm sure Olivia can find a way to play anyway.
BTW- Hester did the same thing at about the same age. She was playing on the monkey bars and fell and got a hairline fracture in her elbow.
Reminds me of the time dad ran over my foot with the car.
The doctor at the emergency room could see the fracture.
The doctor at the follow up visit couldn't see the fracture, and said I should be walking around on it, no problem.
The orthopedic surgeon definitely saw the fracture.
All on the same set of X-rays. For the record, I could definitely FEEL the fracture.
i'm w/ betsy.....
if you are not going to follow up w/ a doctor - go to the beach!
if you are going to go to a doc (just not the same one you saw at "quickcare" - then just disregard) :O)
i'm so sorry that this happened....
hope she's tip top soon.
She is still complaining of pain. We think we will go back to Utah to get it checked out just to make sure. We could get it checked out here but our insurance won't cover it.
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