MerakSpielman
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Sucks. She fell and hurt her ankle and was incapable of walking. She had to send our 2 year old son to go find her the phone (cordless, luckily) and called me at work. I work only 10 minutes away. By the time I got there, it had swollen massively. She rated the pain as easily worse than childbirth. I got her to the couch (no small feat. She's not a small woman, and is currently five months pregnant in addition) and we called our doctor. He said we needed to get to the hospital and have it x-rayed because it might be broken.
So I load up our son in the car and somehow get her inside too. Every bump in the road made her cry out in pain. There was no place for her to prop her foot that was at all sufficient. We dropped our son off at grandma's house (thank goodness for family living in the same city!) and drove her to the ER.
Five hours later, we finally got an x-ray, the doc determined it was only a sprain, and have us an air-splint, some crutches, told her to stay off that foot for a week(!) and sent us on our way. (By the way, there's nothing more cruel than trying to get a 5-month pregnant heavy woman with abolutely no upper body strength to be able to go more than 10 feet in crutches. They reluctantly gave her a wheelchair for while she was in the hospital, but only after much hardship on her part).
I stayed home from work today to care for her, since she still can't really get around on her own. She runs a home child care, but in addition to our son, there's only one other kid (another 2 year old) enrolled currently. He showed up today, but it's no problem me watching them both. In a way, 2 toddlers is easier than one - they entertain each other.
I don't know what we're going to do next week, though. I have to work - we're barely making ends meet as it is. Maybe my mother can help out some.
So I load up our son in the car and somehow get her inside too. Every bump in the road made her cry out in pain. There was no place for her to prop her foot that was at all sufficient. We dropped our son off at grandma's house (thank goodness for family living in the same city!) and drove her to the ER.
Five hours later, we finally got an x-ray, the doc determined it was only a sprain, and have us an air-splint, some crutches, told her to stay off that foot for a week(!) and sent us on our way. (By the way, there's nothing more cruel than trying to get a 5-month pregnant heavy woman with abolutely no upper body strength to be able to go more than 10 feet in crutches. They reluctantly gave her a wheelchair for while she was in the hospital, but only after much hardship on her part).
I stayed home from work today to care for her, since she still can't really get around on her own. She runs a home child care, but in addition to our son, there's only one other kid (another 2 year old) enrolled currently. He showed up today, but it's no problem me watching them both. In a way, 2 toddlers is easier than one - they entertain each other.
I don't know what we're going to do next week, though. I have to work - we're barely making ends meet as it is. Maybe my mother can help out some.
A friend of mine down the street was left alone with his 3-year-old. He walked down and asked if he could take our daughter (also 3) to his place for a few hours because it would actually be easier for him. Gotta love it.
