On Tuesday the 31st of March I went to pick up the boys from school and they were playing with some children running around on the field next to the playground when Fergus fell and hurt his right arm.
He was upset and crying (but was still able to tell me "Anton pushed me" which he says all the time even when Anton is nowhere near him) and when I assessed the arm it was limp at the wrist and he couldn't straighten it.
He is normally pretty tough & just has a moment to recover & just gets going again but this was different.
I called Jared and Anton to sit with him while I went out to the carpark, buckled Dominic in his seat and brought the car down the drive.
The boys sat in the car while I took Fergus into the school office and medical room. (It was a toss up whether to go in for an ice pack or straight to hospital).
The lady their put an icepack on the wrist & she did a first aid check of his arm, he wasn't crying now just whimpering (she asked what is he normally like when he hurts himself as he was so quiet & calm) but I knew something more was going on, he was given a sling and we left.
I dropped Jared & Anton off at Nanna & Granddad's house, raided their cupboard & grabbed some biscuits, muesli bars & water (good thing too) and went straight to the hospital. (This gave me time to pray, thank God & build up my spirit before dealing with the next part of our adventure).
We got to A & E around 4pm.
Where he was assessed and they asked if he'd had anything for pain, I said no but he wasn't given anything then (because he looked like he was coping).
We went to x-ray and back to A & E, then we had to wait.
By 6:30pm he started to whimper as it was hurting, I went to line up at the desk I spoke to the receptionist but needed to see the nurse who was busy, I was still waiting when we were called through around 7pm.
We were shown the x-ray & told he had a bend/bulge in the bone by the wrist which they would need to try and straighten.
They told us he had done amazingly well with having no pain relief & must have a high pain threshold (which I thought & can now confirm).
He was given Paracetamol & Ibuprofen liquid by mouth & another pain med which is given into the nose (which felt very weird for him). Then he had to wait for these to take effect.
Throughout the whole time Dominic was with us & he did so well, We played with the few toys we had available & ate the snacks I'd grabbed but by 7pm he was getting hungry, grizzly & tired.
Thankfully a St John volunteer came to see us & she talked to/entertained Fergus & Dominic, I asked if there was anything Dominic could eat like a banana & she managed to find one (it disappeared pretty quick, once Dominic got hold of it) & he had a feed of milk to keep him going.
The nurse & doctor came & Fergus was given laughing gas to use for pain, while the doctor pushed the bone back into place.
The gas put Fergus in a funny/silly mood & the nurse was telling him bad jokes so he was laughing & saying funny things but he didn't feel any pain.
The doctor used the ultrasound to check the bone was straight & then the plaster cast was put on from hand, over elbow to underarm.
All up we were there 4+ hours.
We got McDonalds on the way home for tea but Dominic went to sleep in the car & didn't wake till morning.
Fergus was greeted by his brothers when he got home they were all eager to find out what had happened.
They all got tucked up in bed & slept all night. (It was Mum who needed to have some quiet time to unwind & just breath).
8th April 2015- A week later
Fergus managed really well with the cast, the hard part was keeping him still, it was starting to go soft in places.
When they took it off he had a purple bruise on the inside wrist either from the fall or the doctor straightening it or both.
The new cast is in racing red made from fiberglass & only hand to elbow (so he can bend it now).
So glad children adapt and bounce back from these things so well.
Also thankful for the care that we get at the hospital even though we had a wait it goes to show that we were seen according to need, considering how quickly Fergus has been treated before when it was for his heart condition.
Thank God, for his strength, grace, guidance, peace and love that gets us through each and every day. Amen.
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