ski now work later
Angel Diva
So, my 14 year old recovered quickly from her whiplash type injury that she got while snowboarding last week.
Today, I was dressed for the office and ready to leave when I got a call from the school nurse at my 11 year old's school (she went to school from her Dad's house this morning). She fell outside while playing before school started, and the nurse said she had a large laceration in her chin and should go to the ER rather than the doctor. I called my ex-husband and he was closer to the school, so he picked her up and we met at the ER at our local hospital in Northampton.
She was checked out and confirmed that stiches were needed but that her jaw was not fractured (though they did no xrays) and we requested that she been seen by a plastic surgeon given the size of the cut (it was a beauty). I asked the ER doc to call one of the two local plastic surgeons who I know well and he was on his day off but stopped by his office to do some paperwork and we then headed there. He cleaned her wound and gave her 15 stitches, 6 internal that will dissolve, and another 9 outside that will be removed next week. His work was beautiful and his bedside manner very kind and gentle. My daughter was a trooper. It was also nice to hang out with my ex-husband and her and parent her together, taking turns sitting with her, snuggling with her, etc., something that divorced parents rarely get a chance to do.
I took her back to my office downtown for a bit and got her some food and let her play Webkinz (for you moms out there) on the computer until her early afternoon appointment with her pediatric dentist to check on her chipped teeth. Meanwhile my 12:00 client showed up and I met with him, answered some phone calls and emails, and hung with my daughter. At the dentist's office, they did an xray and her jaw looks good, and the chipped molars are baby teeth and were smoothed out a bit. If she doesn't have any lingering pain, they won't need to be capped.
Then back to work, her Dad picked her up awhile later, and I kept working, and am finally ready to leave for the day. Whew! She and I were supposed to ski this Sunday, but we think not....
I was so grateful today that:
1. She wasn't too badly injured.
2. That the school nurse was so caring (I know her and she used to work with my husband at a local hospital). She even called me later to check on my daughter.
3. That the hospital, surgeon, and dentist were all within a couple of miles of my daughter's school and my office, which made the day go very smoothly.
4. For my excellent health insurance, which provided such good care for reasonable co-pays.
Today, I was dressed for the office and ready to leave when I got a call from the school nurse at my 11 year old's school (she went to school from her Dad's house this morning). She fell outside while playing before school started, and the nurse said she had a large laceration in her chin and should go to the ER rather than the doctor. I called my ex-husband and he was closer to the school, so he picked her up and we met at the ER at our local hospital in Northampton.
She was checked out and confirmed that stiches were needed but that her jaw was not fractured (though they did no xrays) and we requested that she been seen by a plastic surgeon given the size of the cut (it was a beauty). I asked the ER doc to call one of the two local plastic surgeons who I know well and he was on his day off but stopped by his office to do some paperwork and we then headed there. He cleaned her wound and gave her 15 stitches, 6 internal that will dissolve, and another 9 outside that will be removed next week. His work was beautiful and his bedside manner very kind and gentle. My daughter was a trooper. It was also nice to hang out with my ex-husband and her and parent her together, taking turns sitting with her, snuggling with her, etc., something that divorced parents rarely get a chance to do.
I took her back to my office downtown for a bit and got her some food and let her play Webkinz (for you moms out there) on the computer until her early afternoon appointment with her pediatric dentist to check on her chipped teeth. Meanwhile my 12:00 client showed up and I met with him, answered some phone calls and emails, and hung with my daughter. At the dentist's office, they did an xray and her jaw looks good, and the chipped molars are baby teeth and were smoothed out a bit. If she doesn't have any lingering pain, they won't need to be capped.
Then back to work, her Dad picked her up awhile later, and I kept working, and am finally ready to leave for the day. Whew! She and I were supposed to ski this Sunday, but we think not....
I was so grateful today that:
1. She wasn't too badly injured.
2. That the school nurse was so caring (I know her and she used to work with my husband at a local hospital). She even called me later to check on my daughter.
3. That the hospital, surgeon, and dentist were all within a couple of miles of my daughter's school and my office, which made the day go very smoothly.
4. For my excellent health insurance, which provided such good care for reasonable co-pays.
What a huge worry - that phone call from the school nurse - or the ER. SOOO glad she trooped her way through it. This is gonna smart for awhile. I had a similar (if not downright identical) injury at age 10!! 
Take care of everyone. I send you all a great big,
It took me 5 tries to get it out and 5 battles with him to keep from getting bit but I got it out. 
He was fine after that and he loved me again.
