If I Fell (Aliya goes to ER)

   By some miracle, we made it ten and a half years as parents without a trip to the ER. Alas, all that came to an end on the last Friday of Term 3.

   That night, Aliya was sitting on an exercise ball, goofing around as kids usually do. Unfortunately, she fell off and landed hard on the tile onto her shoulder. Louder-than-normal cries, and the fact that she immediately used her good hand to hold her arm stable, made us wonder if she dislocated her shoulder.

   We tried our normal parenting tactics (distraction) and also some ice and some pain reliever. An hour later she was still in a lot of pain. We called our friends to get an ER recommendation, only to find out their daughter had a major injury that night as well. At her swimming lesson, she dove off the diving blocks and went too deep, banging her head on the floor! Fortunately another dad at their school, who is a doctor, stopped by and checked her out. She was fine, thankfully, other than a knot on her head and scraped on her hands and elbows.

   Meanwhile, it was getting late. We finally made the decision to head to the ER. Andy drew the short straw offered to take her, and I stayed home with Alanna. A good decision, since he's much better at entertaining kids in doctor's waiting rooms:

   They got home just before 1 am. The x-rays didn't reveal a dislocation, although the doctor said because the image was low-res, there could be a small fracture. He said to keep an eye on it, wear a sling, and get another x-ray in 5 days if it still hurt.
   She wore the sling for a day and a half. On Sunday, she wore it to a birthday party where the kids were playing tiggy (tag.) When I saw her fall on her arm, laugh, get up and keep running, I was pretty sure we wouldn't be needing the x-ray.
   So, we should be good for another 10.5 years, right?