After the shuttle launch tonight, we went upstairs to get the boys ready for bed. When Jack was running towards Charlie’s room, his feet slipped and he fell. His forehead rammed into the corner of the wall right outside Charlie’s room. Immediately, a big area about ¾ of an inch wide and 2 inches long turned purple and swelled out about a half inch. It looked awful. Jack screamed and cried. Ronny grabbed our “church bag” of books and headed to the emergency room. I fed Charlie, waited for Grandma to show up, packed up more entertainment and went to join Ronny and Jack.
There were lots of people in the ER already and by the time I got there, Jack hadn’t even been seen by the triage nurse. We didn’t get a room for a couple of house and didn’t see the doctor for a while after that. Dr. Vincent was the pediatric doc there. He is the same doc we have seen for Jack’s other two ER visits. He remembered sewing up Jack’s mouth a few months ago. We also recognized one of the nurses and the lady who helped us at reception. I do hope we don’t become regulars.
Since Jack didn’t pass out or vomit and he was acting like himself, Dr. Vincent really wasn’t worried. He said that he has a dent in his house from his little boy too.
It is hard to entertain a toddler for 4 hours in the emergency room. Last time it was 6 hours and we came from work so all I had was some stickers and crayons in my purse. Is it a bad sign when they have novels in the waiting room instead of magazines? Anyway, this time we came prepared. We had books, his doctor kit, a Doodle Pro, toys, and a personal DVD player with the Wiggles playing. We also took several laps around the waiting room practicing using "our walking feet". We need to start doing that at home apparently too.
