Nursemaid Elbow

Athena took two trips to the Emergency Room this week, for nursemaid elbow. Hard to believe this never happened to Sam and now it happened twice in one week to Athena (on different arms, too). The first time was Halloween -- during the annual parade, of course. Athena was on daddy's shoulders, playing a game they often play where she leans back and he keeps her from falling. She leaned back too quickly, he wisely held her tight, and yowch! Nursemaid elbow. We cut short our festivities, got fixed up in the ER, and came home to watch a movie. Since our street is a hot spot for trick or treating, we put our 500 or so pieces of candy in a bowl outside the gate and watched it disappear in about ten minutes.

The second time was yesterday. After playing beautifully together all morning, Sam decided Athena absolutely must not play in his room upstairs. Rather than waiting for daddy to help, he tried to drag her out by her arm. Uh oh. Back to the ER (these things always happen after office hours or on the weekend, don't they?) This time they insisted on an X ray before they would adjust her.

Athena is fine, Sam is apologetic, and I am scared to see the bill for this week.