Our evening did not go as planned, which was suppose to be relaxing family time. Instead, we spend the evening in the ER.
Carter had finished dinner and was in the basement planning Xbox. Natalie had just finished up her dinner and wanted to go downstairs and play with him, which she often does.
However this time, she left her socks on. Larry and I were still eating when we heard her fall. Larry flung peas all over the counter and floor. His reaction time, is way better than mine.
Natalie fell and went down 5 steps, feet first, but we completely freaked out, because of her back. Her back had already started to swell up (the picture does not show how swollen it got).
I called my mom to come over and watch Carter, while we took Natalie to the ER to make sure all of her back hardware was okay and in place. The fear I was feeling was awful.
I text our Pediatrician, who is amazing by the way, to see what we should do. She suggested we take her to the ER on Soncy. She thought that might be faster and less germs than the main ER.
We got right in. Natalie was walking just fine and not crying in pain, so we thought that was a good sign. The doctor we saw, wanted to do a CT scan to see more than just the rods, to make sure we did not damage anything else. I stayed in the CT room with Natalie, we wanted her not freak out and Larry stood with the techician.
A little after 2 hours of being in the ER, we left with everything okay! Natalie is a little sore today, but you can not even see a bruise. God was watching out for her!
“God is our refuge and strength , a ever-present help in trouble”
Psalm 46:1
Lesson learned...No Socks of any kind in stairs - This mom can not handle another fall
Props to ER on Soncy, the staff was amazing and the facility was so clean. I would definitely recommend them if you need an ER, but pray you never do.
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