Fun morning at the ER!

[always quiet]

This morning, I get a call from the middle school nurse. Seems my son was biking in gym class and went over the handle bars. The nurse tells me he is ok, but believes the laceration on his chin will require stitches. I get in the car and head to the school. I try to reach the pedetrician to see if he can be checked out there first, but for some screwy reason, my cell phone wasn't working properly. When I picked my son up, his chin was already bandaged, so I just headed for the ER. 2 hours later, we are finally seen. The doctor comes and quickly determined that he did NOT need stitches. She said that the school nurses are known for sending kids in just to protect the school.

I am happy my son doesn't need stitches and aside from a sore jaw, is no worse for the wear (anyone remember the header Kirk took off his bike a couple months ago when his bike broke, literally in 2 pieces!! ). I think the next time the school nurse calls me for something like this, I am removing the band-aid BEFORE heading to the ER!!

Wonder what the neosprin and band-aid will cost!!

 

[antkim]

OMG!!! At least he is O.K. and I'm sure you had nothing better to do than wait in the ER all morning!


Kim

 

[Serena]

LOL, yep, that sounds like a plan. Check before spending $$ for a bandaid.


But I'm glad they did something. My neice fell and had a concussion and the school did nothing. She was acting weird, but with that neice, they thought she was behaving for once. Her mom went to pic her up and noticed her acting "good" and took her to the hospital.

 

[kadaten]

Originally posted by Serena
But I'm glad they did something. My neice fell and had a concussion and the school did nothing. She was acting weird, but with that neice, they thought she was behaving for once. Her mom went to pic her up and noticed her acting "good" and took her to the hospital.

OMG...that sounds like my DS....the only time he's good is when he's sick as a dog!! That's always the confirmation..."Yep, he's sick. Look how calm he is. He's actually sitting still and wants to cuddle." (Some days I'd do anything for him to feel just a little under the weather )

To the OP--glad your DS is none the worse for wear

 

[mickeyboat]

We spent the entire evening in the ER several weeks ago. DD4 slipped and banged the side of her eye on the table. 2 1/2 hours later, I asked the nurse if there was a certain time frame in which these things needed to be stitched up. They finally got us in and stitched her up at around 9:30PM (the fall happened at 5:30). She screamed bloody murder - she was exhausted. I think she would have handled it a lot better if she hadn't been so tired.

On a lighter note, she was perfect when they removed the stitches in the ped's office. Not a peep!

She will likely have a scar but she has healed well.

Denae

 

[Duchie]

Sort of reminds me of the time DH and I spent the evening in the ER for a possible ear infection that turned out to be diaper rash.

 

[Towncrier]

Better safe than sorry. I'm glad that your son is OK and that it was a false alarm.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Glad he is okay, Colleen, tell that Kirk kid to be more careful, LOL. Kids!!!


Duchie...............

...evening in the ER for a possible ear infection that turned out to be diaper rash.

 

[Lachesis00]

I am glad he wasn't hurt worse. *owch*

 

[trip]

Just curious....
The kids are allowed to ride bikes during gym class? At the schools my kids attended they were only allowed to ride to and from school but had to walk them on school grounds.


Glad he is ok!!!

 

[always quiet]

Yes. Biking is part of their gym cirriculm. It is first introduced in the elementary schools at 5th grade and it continues from there. Our middle school is located on a large plot of land, complete with it's own "woods". The kids will eventully be biking through the woods.

Kirk was so looking forward to biking in gym. He said they were having problems with the hand brakes and the teacher adjusted his right before they left the building. He squeezed the hand brakes when the boy in front of him braked, the front wheel locked and he went over the handle bars! Only a scraped chin and scraped left wrist to show for it!

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

Glad your DS is o.k.!

I made a few trips to the ER with my older DS before I finally got sick of the long wait and they always would then refer us over to the clinic next door. What a waste of time! I bought some proxi strips that work great for the minor cuts and just deal with them myself.

 

[kild]

Those calls are always fun. Glad your son is ok though.
I was called to the scholl once because my 6 year old decided rocks should go up his nose. Of course, I got there about the same time the emt's did. What panic? A pair of tweezers later,a sore nose and a nice sized rock, everything was fine