Nurse's Elbow

Google it! I did. Yesterday I got the dreaded phone call that would make any parent's heart stop. Kiernan daycare calls and says that Kiernan's right arm is not responding and he cries if you try to move it. WHAT!!!???!!! My whole body went numb. I felt heat just release throughout my body. Never really felt anything like it before. I was about 5 minutes away and I think I made it there in 2.5 minutes. I walked in and he didn't respond to me like normal. He just seemed a little blah. I sat him on the floor and did my own mommy testing and sure enough his right arm would respond. I took his shirt off and he really cried when I got his arm out. No bruising and it really didn't look different from his left arm except that is was just sort of hanging there. I immediately called the doctor and I asked the guy about KK's arm and if I should bring him there or take him to the ER. His response was I can't help you I can only schedule you an appointment. UGH!!! Man buddy you got your job down. I was so annoyed. He scheduled me in at 4:00.... it was only 1:00pm. So I explained that let's put him down for a nap and then I will get him and take him in. Well as I was explaining this the guy calls back and somehow found me an appointment RIGHT NOW. Well thank you sir.

So I loaded him up and set out to the doctors. It took what I felt was an eternity but finally they called me back. We got his weight and headed to a room. We sat there forever. As we were sitting there KK started to use his right hand a little to reach for things. Finally the doctor came in and she checked his arm. She pressed around and sure enough when she hit his elbow he screamed. She said yep Nurse's Elbow. What is that? She said all four of my kids had it. What? I have never heard of this. She said his radius had come out of place. Basically it's like your shoulder popping out of socket. She asked if she could try to put it back in place and I said yeah please help me. She pressed on his arm and kind of turn it like you would raise your hand and POP right back in place. Immediately he reached with the hand. AMAZING. No pain!! She said he wouldn't even be sore. She told me one of her kids has it happen a lot and it is a pain. Another one of her kids it happened once and never again. That is what I am hoping for.

Isn't God crazy... out of all of the doctors that day I got her. A mom whose all four kids have had this happen to them. I am so thankful. He slept for an hour after we left and I drove around to make sure he got a good nap in. I haven't seen any changes in him since. He is all back to normal.