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moosez45 said:
Thanks guys, it really helps.

I had to cut her outta her shirt tonight, to get her in some night clothes, but there is a bright ray of sunshine.

I called her coach and even though she can't play in official games, she can practice, and practice she will. I gotta stitch up a neoprene pad to cover her cast when she scrimmages, but her coach said "Oh yeah, she can practice".

She's happy about that, and is looking forward to getting the cast on, so she can hit the pitch again.

Wo0t!!!

Moose
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Great news, I'm sure she's ecstatic to hear that.

Also, was this your younger daughter, or your older one? I seem to remember it was your older who was playing soccer, but I could be wrong. If thats the case, then at least she can be glad at it was her arm, and not her ankle... Can you imagine having poison sumac under a cast?

*shudder*
 
well. that sucks. it truly does... but stiff upper lip and all.

being able to goto practices is GOOD. all her friends can sign her cast. nice.

me? i never broke a bone. density too high. i crush things i fall on. bah.

for the little one? probably wouldn't suck to up her dairy intake. milkshakes. icecream. and whatever vitamins are in vogue as calcium transport.

vitamin D too.

oh, and now's the time to scare her about amputation? moose is a sick daddy :)

speedy recovery!
 
ocnLogan said:
Great news, I'm sure she's ecstatic to hear that.

Also, was this your younger daughter, or your older one? I seem to remember it was your older who was playing soccer, but I could be wrong. If thats the case, then at least she can be glad at it was her arm, and not her ankle... Can you imagine having poison sumac under a cast?

*shudder*
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They both play. My oldest has the broken arm, sumac on the shin, and a cold. The little one, just has a cold.

Whew, rough week so far.

Moose
 
Injuries suck, but she'll heal up quick.

It appears that you are as good at fathering as you are at collecting knives.
 
Glad she's okay.
I'm the youngest of three boys and we're still collecting scars. worse when we were younger. Dad has seen some stuff.
Cool on the Medic training. I was going to get wilderness first responder training, then work up to WEMS in two years. But I spent my money on Beckers.
 
I hate seeing kids injured. A friend of my son broke his arm three years ago, and while he wasn't in pain at the time, it still brought a tear to my eye to see him injured like that. (The kid was in a cast climbing 30' up into a tree a week later. :rolleyes:)

You daughter will be fine. Sounds like she's well taken care of. :thumbup:

Maybe do a Saturday get-together with a bunch of their friends, when your other young'un gets well. Have a bunch of folks over, lots of food (ice cream, or whatever the current favorite is), whatever they like to do (movies, games, etc.). Make it a few hours for her & the other injured/sick one to have fun with their friends.

We've done that a couple of times for my son, after major illness or injury that took him out of participation for a while. He loves it, and keeps him connected with his buddies, other than just at school.

~Chris
 
I have a 3 yo boy and a 6 mo little girl. The boy child is perpetually covered in bruises, cuts and scrapes. I don't know what I'm gonna do when my little girl starts getting hurt!
 
Guess it's all part of growing up and for you, Moose, part of being a dad.

Hope it heals up real quick!!
 
Your daughter and you will forget this in no time ...
This is my daughter at 1Y old , just after breaking her wrist when doing her first steps (also happened in daycare) . She is now 3 , totally playground ninjah . Didn't break anything else since , yet ...
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BTW , I wonder if anyone here can read her name on the cast...
 
Sorry to hear about the little one Moose. I remember a time my son fell down a flight of steps and stuck his head through a curio cabinet. It layed his scalp open behind his left ear about 1.5" also cut his eyebrow and inside his ear. I rushed him to the hospital and they stitched him up, but on the way home was when it really hit me at how close he came to having his throat cut. I hate to see my kids hurting as we all do. Good luck to the little one and hope all mends well.Travis
 
Sounds like you have a super daughter with her priorities figured out. Best wishes to her for a quick and complete recovery!
 
Moose,

I totally understand where your coming from! My five year old daughter broke her right clavicle three weeks ago. I recieved the call from the school nurse, who told me that she felt a dip in my daughter's collar bone and I needed to x-rays before she could come back to school. I'm a former Army reserves combat medic of eight years (no active duty, but plenty of military and civillian training), currently a C.N.A and going back to school for physical therapy. So I go to pick her up and check her out. I feel no "dip" in the bone and there is no swelling or bruising. So by my initial assesment it's either a hair line fracture or a clean break and will take about two months to heal.

We go to the doctor get the x-ray and sure enough it's a clean break. We set-up an appointment with an orthopaedic specialist, get a child's sling and send her back to school the next day. My wife gets be-littled by the school nurse saying that the sling was not appropriate for a broken clavicle. By now I'm getting pissed at this school nurse. For one, I really wanted to be an ass when I met her and say, yes she needs an x-ray, but only a doctor's note to come back to school. Also, I didn't feel a "dip" in the collarbone, but I think I just met one.

Two days later we go see the orthopaedic specialist who immediately tells that he felt no dip in her right clavicle, x-ray shows a clean break and recovery time is give or take two months. I asked him if he felt the sling was appropriate, in which he replied that it was just fine and she really only needed to wear it to school to remind the other kids to take it easier on her. He wrote me a doctors note that I happily took to the school nurse!
 
The nurse is a public employee. She speaks for the school system. You know the routine: fill it out in triplicate and notify the principal, the school board, and the district's lawyer. It's her job on the line, so a little extra officiousness is only to be expected. Besides, in a job like that, it's a good thing that you have to be careful about kids.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
The nurse is a public employee. She speaks for the school system. You know the routine: fill it out in triplicate and notify the principal, the school board, and the district's lawyer. It's her job on the line, so a little extra officiousness is only to be expected. Besides, in a job like that, it's a good thing that you have to be careful about kids.
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Yeah, the daycare has a few layers of paperwork we had to run through this morning. Someone my wife knows, told her, "The daycare should be paying the bills on this one".

I can't believe some folks these days. My kid trips, falls down on a playground, and I'm supposed to make the daycare service pay? yeah, right. To much "entitlement" these days.

I'll pay my own childs Dr bills, and the like. Its called being a parent, I think.

:D

Moose
 
moosez45 said:
Yeah, the daycare has a few layers of paperwork we had to run through this morning. Someone my wife knows, told her, "The daycare should be paying the bills on this one".

I can't believe some folks these days. My kid trips, falls down on a playground, and I'm supposed to make the daycare service pay? yeah, right. To much "entitlement" these days.

I'll pay my own childs Dr bills, and the like. Its called being a parent, I think.

:D

Moose
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Bingo! My mother-in-law suggested getting a laywer! I asked her why? Because my kid tripped over her own two feet? She could have done it anywhere.
 
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