Joshua's First Trip to the ER

Yep, this afternoon we spent an hour and a half in the San Clemente Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. It was a rather rough afternoon for Joshua. It started with a fall on the asphalt at school that left him with a scraped right elbow. But he managed to have fun playing with the rest of his class in our all-class playdate.

Then we headed to a park to meet one of Joshua's good friend. Unfortunately less than five minutes into their scooter ride Joshua fell and landed on his knee and the top of his left hand. There was a huge purple lump right on top of one of his knuckles. After some discussion with my friend I decided that we should visit the ER just to make sure he didn't break any of those tiny bones in his hand.

The ER was empty and we were taken in pretty quickly. Joshua had his first X-rays and did a great job of holding still. The doctor said it looked like there might be a small chip on one of the bones in his hand so he gave him a splint. We'll need to see Joshua's pediatrician this week for a follow up visit. Joshua has not been in much pain for the past hour so that's good. As you can see in the picture, he is quite pleased with his splint. On the way home from the hospital he asked if I knew the word for splint in Spanish. He's going to ask Sra. Unzueta (his Kindergarten teacher) tomorrow.

Sheryl