Field Trip

Parker's class had a field trip today to Robert park. After a short car ride and decent little hike, we arrived at the park/playground. Parker played for a few minutes and then came to eat his lunch. He stayed at the table for a long time but after a little encouragement, he went to play with the other kids. About 5 minutes later, there was screaming and crying. He was hurt. I scooped him up and sat with him for a while and he kept screaming and crying telling me not to touch him. Teachers tried to help, but the screaming continued. I told them this was SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for him and to not think much of it. That is, until I saw his wrist. It didn't look like a wrist. It looked like a very inverted wrist. So I went to get my car, called Michael, and met him at ER. Where I stayed for the next 5 hours. Parker kept crying until he fell asleep in my lap in one of the exam rooms. They took xrays, confirmed his wrist was broken in two places and told us what would happen next. Ebba came to pick up the girls so we could both stay with Parker. With 3 nurses and 3 doctors in the room with him, they put him under conscious sedation (ketamin...which by the way is the same drug they use to knock out cats for spays and neuters) and fixed his wrist. They put on a pretty red cast and then he woke up.

He did amazingly well during all of it. When they put in the IV. When they stuck the breathing thing in his nose. When they attached wires to his chest. When they made him stand still for the xrays. When they took out the IV. He was a real trooper through all of it.

I'll have to cancel his gymnastics camp, swimming sessions, and daycamp, but other than that, he should be fine. Puts a damper on our summer, but I suppose it could have been much worse.