Another Visit to Medpoint!

Sydney decided it has been too long since her last Medpoint visit (3 weeks is a LONG time). So she decided to arrange another trip. Yesterday afternoon right before dad got home Sydney was being a bratty little kid and wouldn't leave the room. So mom grabbed her hands and walked her out. On the way out of the room Sydney threw a little tantrum, and went all jelly legged and put all of her weight in her butt. But of course she didn't let go of mom's hands! Putting jolting force of all her weight on her shoulders. Mom felt a popping sound in the arm but thought nothing of it. Syd was sat down into her time out and Mom quickly noticed that her cry was not the cry of a kid upset for being in a time out. Sydney wasn't willing to use her left arm to do anything. She would start to use it, like reaching for a toy or her sippy cup but would then think better of it. All the while crying her eyes out. She was obviously hurting and frustrated! It was hard to see miss "Go-Go-GO!" slowed down!

So after dad got home off to MedPoint we went. She stopped crying on the trip over, but after we got their she remembered coming there for her cut on her face (which is healing nicely) and was none too happy about being there again. (She kept sobbing "Go Pleeeeaaase!")

They looked her arm and wrist over pretty good and didn't find anything out of place. Doc said she probably strained a tendon and that it was pretty common at her age. But that sometimes that is accompanied by a tiny fracture in one of the joints. So they did X-Rays. One of each arm to see the difference, and of course Dad's hand is in it too because he had to hold her down for the X-Rays (Mom and Riker, who was lulled to sleep by his sister's screaming, had to wait outside. This nearly killed Mom!).


Left arm that is hurt


Right arm to compair against.

They said they found what MIGHT be a tiny fracture up where the tendons attach. But when we heard back this morning from a Pediatric X-Ray expert, he didn't see anything. We didn't expect it to be anything since she is running around this morning like nothing ever happened!

Well, last night they put her arm in a sling, and Dad thought it was cute saying, "It is unfortunate it happened and I wouldn't want it to happen again, but she sure looks cute with her arm in a sling" Aren't dad's weird?!


Okay she IS kinda cute...

We were surprised that for the rest of the evening she left her arm in the sling and never tried to pull it out. Even while eating dinner!

Sydney's Grandma Fritz stated the following, "With how crazy-active that girl is you may just want to reserve a room at the Medpoint"

I hate to say it, but she maybe right!