Catching up...

What's going on.....let's see...
My beautiful little girl has become quite the "accident prone" nightmare for us. After her fall which resulted in the extraction of 4 teeth!!! she was running and playing on the blacktop at school the very next week and had another fall. We picked her up from school and were "debriefed" on what had occurred and the extent of her injuries...they included a pretty yucky scrape / "road" burn on her elbow and a smaller, yet just as yucky scrape on these side of her hand at the wrist. Well, it could have been worse, right? after what we had been through the week before. She was a little lethargic and her eyes looked a little glazy, but we figured she was just tired and in a little bit of pain - those black top burns can be really painful (per daddy). Also, we were told that she cried quite a bit when the accident occurred, which is very unlike Lauren. She has the pain tolerance of the devil - I like to say. This was somewhat disconcerting to us. We got home, started to get some dinner together and Lauren was sitting on the couch coloring. I went down the hall for a moment and heard Lauren start crying pretty loudly, somewhat out of the blue. I came rushing down the hall to see what was wrong and met Jason coming from the other way. "Something's wrong" he said. "She doesn't usually act like this, somethings not right". So, we scooped her up in a hurry, loaded her in the car and headed to the ER. Now, we could be accused of being uptight parents, but with an incredible hospital and ER staff just moments away and a $25 copay for ER visits, we figured better safe than sorry! Our main concern was that she was holding her wrist funny and would not let us get near it...so we figured that there could be a hairline fracture or a sprain that needed some attention. We were attended to very quickly upon entering the doors of the ER - I knew practically everyone in there as I had spent about 4 months last year working in the ER admitting area. It was nice to have the attentiveness to our situation. Well, after a visit with the Dr. and we think...some time for Lauren to relax, it was determined that she did not have a sprain, fracture or anything other than a very severe "road" burn. So, we left feeling much better and Lauren got a stuffed animal from the ER stash for being such a great patient. I tell you...there is nothing that compares to affordable health coverage and on top of that, we are part of the "family" at St. Charles, so we are always very impressed. We are so blessed to have such affordable and incredible health coverage and health professionals at our fingertips! Crisis averted....this week. We are prepared for more with her however...daddy taught her to climb a tree on mother's day. I have pics to download and post of that adventure. Our little tomboy in a princess dress.....