Dd (11) hurt her wrist a few years ago and had an X-ray. Now every little bump she is adamant she needs to go to minor injuries 8)
Tuesday afternoon her wrist gave way during a hand stand and she fell heavily on her shoulder. When I got there she had spent 40 minutes with ice pack on it.
We had the usual insistence that she had to go and when I tried to get her to move it she said she could not move it AT ALL because if the pain.
So we set off, as soon as we are in the car she is chatting and laughing with her brother- when I pointed this out she said she was putting a brave face on it. So it is of course soft tissue damage and funnily enough she had the full range of movement when the nurse tried. Sling given for support and calpol suggested
Yesterday morning she showed no sign of pain so I sent her to school- dh went to an assembly and she was in tears so he took some calpol in. When I picked her up her teacher said she seemed ok when distracted from it.
Last night I had to work at home during evening and she said it hurt so I gave calpol and she went on and on about needing an X-ray - she sat and wrote notes to no- one in particular saying 'please help me I need an X-ray'
At 10:00pm she was sobbing in bed saying it hurt so much- so we went back to minor injuries who gave a more supportive sling and said piggy back nurofen with calpol for inflammation
Oh and as soon as we got in the car there were no more tears and she started chatting about school
I decide if she needs that much medication then she can't go to school - so at 11:00 last night I had to contact colleagues to arrange for someone to cover my work. Some poor bastard will have a shit day today doing something they picked up at last minute and have not prepared.
My children obviously come first and normally I would not worry BUT this morning she announced she had NO pain whatsoever and could she go to school. When I said no she asked if she could play on the wii.
Work have sent me work to do at home and she will be doing SATS revision but I feel so crap that I may have put someone in a terrible position when perhaps not strictly necessary.
So sorry for length but I am pretty upset and would welcome any advice/ criticism/ suggestions on how to handle it differently
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