The Marcello's: THE PINK FRIEND

We are great parents...keep telling ourselves that...some days I feel like I need to keep telling myself that. I feel at least, no matter how much I protect them, that accidents do happen...and they seem to all happen at the same time, so when we do go into the doctor...or urgent cares...they look at us, like...hmm..mmm....CPS?????REFERRAL???? So long story made short. Mia had months ago decided upon getting out of the car, placed her hand up the tire in to car and touch something hot...which in return burned her little finger..she has a scar, we treated her, no infection. Looks bad, on our part though! But this time, on a Thursday she was playing and might have hurt her arm wresting with daddy and Vincent. She wouldn't use her arm for awhile...not even to carry her Luvy around..which is a big deal. Chris called me on my way home from work, which of course by now is an ER visit. I'm like, okay I will turn around and just meet you there, he's like hold on she's getting up out of the chair, while he's talking to me. She goes over to the pantry and pulls herself up to get a treat...so he says she must just be milking me for all I'm worth...come home. The next day she plays fine, holds things, etc. nothing out the ordinary....then Sat comes. Of course my turn with her. We are playing and she crawls up me...and I'm tickling her...to get her undressed...and she then starts crying...little confused here...not following...me either...it starts again. She wont use her arm, wont hold her milk, her luvy, wont give me a hug with that arm anything. Is this something around bedtime. Then I thought back...Vince with his arms popping out...but I didn't hear anything. I tried to pop it back again...didn't feel anything. She didn't scream like Vin when we moved her arm...she just let it hang. Vin always held his up. Sunday AM comes, get her out of bed. GUESS WHAT? She WILL NOT use her arm...and off we are to the urgent pediatric care at 11am, to sit there till noon when they open, because they are way cheaper than ER...only to sit there till 3 in the room....explanation:

Doctor: We think it's just swollen from being popped out this long.

Pops it back in (I guess)

Parents: She doesn't present in the classical presentation of nurses elbow, can we please have an xray to make sure, its not more, she holds her arm differently and actually complains of it hurting mid arm.

Doctor: We can get an xray, just to rule it out

( approx 15 minutes later xray done)

and 1.5hours later we get the results that they didn't get the xray where it needed to done, they needed to repeat it.

another 30 minutes goes by.

Nurse comes in to start wrapping her arm...we are like WHOOOOOAAAA...what is going on....she says oh the doctor will be in a few minutes to explain but she has a fracture.

Dr....Well I reviewed the xrays with the radiologist...they say she has a small fracture I don't see it, but we are going to place a splint until you follow up with your pediatrician in 1-2 days.

Geez....thanks.

So...Miss Mia...getting her splint placed. The protective wrap

The ace bandage with the splint.

Holding it in place to harden...we needed the sucker now...

and the fun...harness...that didn't last.

So we met with Dr. Paradis, our peds doc, who was concerned about the fracture near the growth plate, and referred us to an ortho doc the very next day.

And sure enough after more xrays to confirm, the small fracture near growth plate...for her protection...she need a cast for approx 3 weeks, then rexray.