Nadia and Ian had their second ice skating lesson yesterday. The first 40 minutes of the lesson went really well. They are both making a lot of progress. Nadia is the fastest skater in the class! They learned how to do bunny hops. Ian thought those were REALLY funny. He was laughing his head off. I had the kids wear snow pants (didn't think of that last week), which really helped since they are falling down a lot. Nadia hasn't learned how to stop, and so she was slamming into the wall almost every time she went across the width of the rink. The last time across, she whacked her face. I heard the impact as did some other parents who were watching, and several others made a comment (not knowing she was my daughter). The teacher was unaware so I made my way to the rink and asked the teacher to go check on the girl with the bright pink jacket. When she made her way over (in tears) I saw that her cheekbone had already turned purple. I took her to the benches and asked for an ice pack, and as they were getting the ice pack, another mom came and said my other child was injured.
I walked toward the rink as they brought a crying Ian toward me, and I immediately asked for bandages because there was blood on his jacket, etc. from a split chin. They said that he needed to go to an urgent care clinic or ER. Not being from that area (the rink is 30 minutes from our house), I asked for a recommendation, and they told me where the nearest express urgent care clinic was located. I got the kids there and we went inside only to find out Bucknell had cancelled their contract with the clinic last June. I then was trying to decide whether to take him to Evan's ER or the urgent care center in Danville. I opted for the latter because our copay is $50 for urgent care and $100 for an ER.
I took the kids into the clinic in Danville. Nadia was prone to tears, but I kept reminding her that crying would make her head hurt more. The resident looked at him and thought he probably needed sedation and stitches. She took him back for the attending to see him, and she also thought that we needed to take him to the ER. We arrived at the ER at 6:55, and the ice skating lesson had ended at 5:15. While we were in the second urgent care clinic, I called Paul and asked him to come and help me out. Oliver kept begging for milk. None of us had anything to drink since 3:35pm. Paul arrived at the ER at 7:00, and I asked him to stay with Ian. I took Nadia and Oliver home so I could feed them, give Oliver his Pulmicort and Singulair, give Nadia a fresh ice pack and some Ibuprofen, and put them to bed. We got home at 7:30. Nadia obviously missed her 6:00 basketball team practice.
The last time I took Ian to the ER for a similar injury, we were in the ER for more than 3 hours. When I saw how packed the waiting room was in the ER, I was thinking the same would happen tonight, but thankfully it only took 90 minutes this time. Paul and Ian were home at 9pm. They ended up glueing his wound? This is confusing since the other doctor said that wasn't possible. Go figure. Paul only had to pay $30 there. We shall see if we get another bill. I hope we aren't charged $100 for glueing as they could have glued in the urgent care for $50. Hopefully Nadia will learn a safer way to stop herself on the ice, and hopefully both kids will remember to use their hands to protect their heads when falling or crashing into a wall! I am confident Nadia will want to continue the lessons. Hopefully this won't scare Ian because prior to his injury he was having a great time. I've spent far more time than usual at hospitals and such over the past 3 weeks. I am hoping we can have a break from that!
This morning I asked him more about how his chin smacked the ice, and I found out the reason was because he only had one glove on. Both kids left their gloves in the van. While they were sitting on the bench (after I put their skates on), I ran out to the van to retrieve their gloves. I came back with one black one, two pink ones, and two purple ones. Nadia put the pink ones on. I suggested Ian wear the two purple ones. He started fussing, and I said how about one purple and one black. He said he only wanted to wear one black and nothing on his other hand. Had I known this would translate to an almost four hour medical adventure and a ER copay, I would have insisted he wear a purple glove! Oi vey. He won't be allowed on the ice without two gloves again that is for sure.
Last night I received an electronic report of Oliver's allergy testing. He came up negative to most things. He was "very low" for mites and cats and "low" for dogs. Since we don't have any cats or dogs, I really don't think allergies are the cause of his asthma, although to be honest given my experiences with Ian, I don't put much stock in allergy testing (they said Ian wasn't allergic to cats when he definitely was, for example).
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