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Austen’s 2 Arm Fractures! :(

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JFK Hospital:
911! Ambulance to ER.
8:30 check in ER, motrin
9:10 Dada arrives
9:50-10:05 xray, contacting orthopedist
10:10 ate waffle
10:30 Gage & Mommy leave
10:45 waiting for ortho. Don’t eat.
11:15 Transferring to RWJ… For ped ortho
11:25 blood drawn; arm needle setup
11:50 temp splint applied
12:15 pee break; iv inserted
12:30-12:50 nap; woken up
12:55 transport starting
1:00 Pain med (morphine) via iv; 98.4 temp
1:05- Transport to RWJ

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital:
2:00 arrived, vitals check
2:45 morphine
3:00 temp cast set
3:25 xrays
3:35 waiting for dr to review and discharge
4:20 Gage & Mommy arrive (yay!)
4:30 looks good. Discharging… Vital checks good.
5:00 done!

Make follow up appt at ortho in 1 week for hard cast, 4-6 weeks healing time. Rx at home for pain. motrin on top to help. Sleep with arm on chest. Don’t get wet at all; shower with plastic bags over arm. Ice pack on arm in bag-avoid wetting.

Germs 101

Using a microscope, we looked at some dirty water that was pooled in the Radio Flyer wagon and found some creepy worm-like organisms with tentacles. Hopefully, this results in more hand washing!

Not wanting to miss all the action, Gage excitedly chanted “my turn!” but didn’t quite figure out how to view using only one eye. So, he put his forehead/eye area up to the microscope, blinked a lot, wondered what all the fuss was about…and then moved on. Then, he repeated the process after each of Austen’s turns.

Language Artist

Gage is shocking us all with his language explosion. Talking in sentences — we sometimes can’t tell him from Austen when listening to chatting in the hallway. Recognizing letters A to Z. Naming items pictured in books. And amazingly, reading aloud sight words and simple sentences made of sight words!