Headed to the ER with Abby!

So, on Friday, Abby went snowboarding with friends at Bruce Mound.  She went with Erica and a bunch of other people, and I wasn't really worried, even though she doesn't have much experience at snowboarding.   Around 10 p.m., she called to tell me that she fell and hurt her shoulder, but it "wasn't bad."  

OK, well, they got home about an hour later and Abby woke me up and was in a SLING!   OK, what exactly happened?  Well, she fell on her shoulder and heard a "crack."  She got up to try to continue snowboarding, and fell again!  UGH!  She then picked up her snowboard and walked to the emergency personnel.  Because of the size of this place, they always have paramedics on standby, which is probably a good thing!  The paramedics gave her a sling for her arm and called it "blunt force trauma to the shoulder" and advised her to visit the ER the next day.  I assume they said ER because it happened late on a Friday night, and the doctor's offices are not open on Saturdays.  

Abby told me she was fine and I went back to sleep.  After all, I had to work at 6 a.m. the next morning, and at 15, I trust Abby to know when something's really wrong with her own body. 

So, off to work I went at 5:30, and at 8:00, Erica calls to tell me that Abby's been crying in her room for the last hour, complaining of how bad her shoulder hurts.  Oh, geeze!  OK.  Today's a relatively easy Saturday for me, and I should be done in another hour or so, so I told Erica I would call her when I was done and we could meet at the hospital.  She wanted to just take Abby herself, and I had to tell her that treatment has to be authorized by a parent, not a sibling -- at least when it's not an emergency. 

So, I finished work in about another hour and call the girls up to meet me at the hospital.  Fortunately, it was not busy at the emergency room and they were able to get her in right away.  We thought maybe she had broken her collar bone, and so did the doctors.  They took her for X-rays right away, and praise the Lord, her collar bone was NOT broken!  YEA!!!!!!   She DID sustain a very bad bruise to her collar bone, and they gave her a sling (hospital issue, instead of the triangle "sheet" the paramedics gave her) to use to help relieve the pressure and pain.  She's to take Tylenol for the pain, and they would have written her an excuse for gym class, but she doesn't have that this year.  

All in all, it could have been MUCH worse than it was.  Most times, there's not much doctors can do for a broken collar bone, as it simply needs time to heal.  If it had been broken, unless it was a really BAD break, they probably would have done the same thing, except maybe given her prescription pain killers.  

So, although I haven't updated in a while, as there's not much going on, it seems there's always some sort of excitement in the Mik household!   

Prayers for Abby to heal quickly would be appreciated! 

Peace and Love to all! 

Julie