I'm writing today to update everyone (It's been a while! So, Hi!) and give a PSA about a new medical deception out there.
But first things first. We've had a pretty quiet first quarter of 2012. Everyone has been relatively healthy, all the jobs are steady, kids are enjoying school, the weather has been great, our friends are wonderful, etc etc. We were having a great Sunday yesterday. A few families came over to do lunch and let the kiddos play. In the evening, my son was playing with some boys in our unfinished basement. Na was doing amateur kung fu when he decided to punch the insulation. It's fluffy, right? Well, he quickly found out there's a concrete wall behind the soft stuff and broke his hand. Nice. So sent Emily home with the other family and packed up to visit our friends at Lee's Hill ER.
We arrived to a packed parking lot, so we went in and asked their wait time. 2hrs. Yikes! So we called Spotsy Reg. up the hill. They told us on the phone and had a sign outside their ER that said "28 minute wait time." So we signed in and broke out the UNO cards. 2 hrs. later, they brought us back, just to register us. Travis was kinda snarky about it being 2 hours and us not having a room or being seen or X-rays or anything with the "28 minute" estimate. The receptionist lady piped up and said, "Oh that? That's intentionally misleading just to get people here. The 28 minutes is our best guess at how long it will take you to be seen once we get you assigned to a bed." Then she proceeded to tell us that after we registered, we'd be back in the waiting room.
We decided at that point to just go home, get some sleep, and try again in the morning. We used our own moldable plastic (my hubby's a designer) and made a personalized splint, wrapped his hand, and Na was sound asleep before I got home with our daughter. We did go to Prime Care, see a doc and get X-rays confirming the break today. We're off to see a specialist this afternoon. So if you pray, please pray for my little guy. And if you find yourself in need of an ER, remember the "wait time" signs are intentionally misleading and find out what the estimated REAL wait time is. (There's my PSA!)
More later after we see the specialist.
#neveradullmoment
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ReplyDeleteGreat news from the specialist for Na this afternoon. No surgery or cast needed. The doc was so impressed by Travis's hand made personalized splint that he said that was pretty much all we needed for the next 3 weeks. We're probably buying a bulky splint just to remind Nathan not to use his hand. Doc said if Na doesn't obey the usage restrictions, that we could have him casted later. I think that reality fact will be enough to keep our boy in check. Time will tell. Big sigh to this only being a 3 week deal.
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