My Child Has a Death Wish
So yesterday Adia fell down some stairs from the landing in the front of the house. We never use these stairs because we can get in and out more effectively through the side, but our landlord is painting the side steps right now. Adia has been very delighted to find a new set of stairs to go up and down on, and to fall down.
Apparently she cried for me after she fell, so she got to come to the writing group and entertain the Dead Pervert house plus Hanna. We all felt her for bumps or broken bones. She seemed fine. Fine until she woke up at two in the morning screaming. Chrissy and I took turns with her last night staying up and watching Elmo, since it was the only thing that would calm her down. La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's world... kill me if I ever hear that song again.
This morning the doctor revealed that she had actually DISLOCATED HER ELBOW. It wasn't bad, so the doctor was able to put it back in place, but boy did she scream.
In other news, it's a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon and I'm sitting in the library answering slush and reading to get ready for school.
posted by Spencer at 7:06 AM
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I'm glad it was just a dislocated elbow. I had a broken collar bone when I was born and it apparently took them weeks to notice.
Dude, I TOTALLY know how to pop a baby's elbow back in - it's called reducing a radial head subluxation - that's right, I watch ER. No I don't. That happened with Olivia and her mom told me how to do it over the phone. Now you're going to have to be extra careful because once it happens, it can happen again pretty easily until she's around 6. So no swinging her around or picking her up by her hands or forearms!
Yeah, apparently it's pretty easy to fix... but it happened again the next day when Grandpa, unaware of the incident, pulled her up by that hand.
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