We took a trip to the LeBonheur Urgent Care! Yours truly was changing Charlotte's pj's and went to pick her up by her arms when she was done and I felt a pop followed by lots of crying. All the family medical professionals rushed over (Momma Donna, Matt-O, Aunt Emily, and Cristin) and decided we should get it looked at. Charlotte was very good at the clinic and took to her nurse Earline. She did not care for the Xrays but we all survived. The Doctor said it was Nursemaids Elbow, an injury caused when the radius slips out of the ligament holding it into the elbow. Apparently it is a condition common to children under 4 (with moms like me) and more likely to happen again. They sent her home with a tiny little sling to help keep it immobilized. She slept with us that night and wore the sling the next day. By the end of Sunday, Matt & I had watched her use her left arm more & more without any pain. We took the sling off for a trial run & she refuses to put it back on. By Monday night she was back to her old self. We go back to the doctor tomorrow to make sure we are all clear.
I have attached a picture of Hairy Squishy wearing the sling because Charlotte refused to even wear it to pose for a picture (can't really blame her). She was cute in it, but I wasn't really in picture taking mode after all the hoopla Saturday night. She said that he has the bobo now so she must be all better.
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