Sunday, September 5, 2010

Nursemaids Elbow FYI

One day back in July we were at the store and Bella was fascinated by the nail polish display after telling her several times not to touch it I grabbed her by the arm and pulled her, and POP. At first I thought she was crying because she was mad but within a minute or two I realized she was in pain. I did not have my cell phone (I had lost it) so I went over to the library to use theirs to call her pediatrician, but between listening to her scream and having tons of people stare at me I couldn't find the number so I just drove straight to the office. When I got there I took her in and they said without even looking at her that they couldn't help me and that I needed to go to Urgent care. When we got to urgent care they said (without even looking at her) they couldn't help and to go to the ER.

Urrrrrrrrrr, can I tell you at this point I almost started crying. My poor baby is screaming in pain with ever movement of her arm and putting her in and out of her car seat was excruciating. It got to the point where as soon as she had her arm in a position where it wasn't moving she would just fall asleep from exhaustion.

Finally at the ER the Dr. sees her and within two moves of her arm it pops back in place (something I could have done myself and will do if it ever happens again) and Bella is completely fine. The ER Dr. told me it is very common in kids under 5 because their ligaments have not tightened yet. Any nurse should should be able to pop it in place. At this point I was a little numb and just happy Bella was better.

Anyways I was very disappointed that day in the medical care we received. I mean seriously it just makes me sad that I couldn't even get one Dr. to take 2 sec to look at her arm before brushing me off and sending me somewhere else.

This was her after everything was better eating her Popsicle the Dr. gave her. She was such a brave girl, poor little thing!

Luke's 1st Day of Preschool

This was a very big and exciting day for Luke. I could hardly get him to eat breakfast that morning, all he wanted to do was go to school, and of course he absolutely loves it! There are six mom who are in the stake out here and we put together a little coop (thanks mostly to the great efforts my friend Kathryn has put forth). I love it because I am not worried about who he is going to school with or what he is learning. I was a little worried about how Bella would be while Luke was gone. She was sad when we dropped him off and she didn't get to go too. After that it was wonderful. Just a little Bella and Mommy time, I am not sure she cared or really noticed he wasn't around. My big boy!



Lunch with Daddy



James was out of town this past week. He got back Friday so we decided to do something fun Sat. First thing in the morning we woke up and drove down to Lewisville to pick up our Bountiful Basket (awesome)! I meant to take a pic (sorry forgot) but it was well worth the money spent. Then we finished off some shopping in the area and headed down to Dallas to go to one of our favorite restaurants. Maggianos! Yum, Yum, Yum! After we walked around the mall and just had fun. Heres some pics. They didnt have a play place that I saw but the did have this random plant thing that the kids loved. They would climp up it and slide down. and right next to it was a little fountain/pond with reall ducks and turtles! so cool.

This picture is dedicated to Samson, we were thinking of you.

Jasper

Bella has been potty training and I told her once she got the hang of it she could get a kitten. Let me tell you I have never seen her more motivated. She would go in the bathroom and just sit on the toilet making all kinds of noises for up to a half hour. After about 4 days of no accidents we went over to the animal shelter and she picked herself out a kitten. We had to wait about 3 days to pick him up because of all the vet stuff needing to be done and it was a long weekend. Finally this past tuesday we picked him up. He is so sweet tempered. The kids are really rough with him and he doesnt seem to mind. When he gets sick of if he just hides. He has been sleeping in Bella's bed with her. She told me the other day that she is the mommy and Jasper is her baby. At the shelter picking out the kitten

Grand Canyon Aug 2010


On our way home from San Clemente we had a little detour at the Grand Canyon. I had never been there before and its one of those things I had wanted to do for a long time. It was cool but I think next time we will wait till our children are a little older. They kept wanting to walk right along the edge (oh the stress).