Blogworthy...

An ER Story:
(worthy of some House episode, I'm sure)

On Thursday night Adam dislocated his shoulder...again. Only this time, it popped back, instead of forward. 5% of the population dislocate it posterior-ly so you can imagine the "delight" of the orthosurgeons of Central Florida.
Off we went, to Urgent Care. But, they won't touch it--have to go to the ER. Ok. We head on over to the ER where there are, seriously, a hundred people in the waiting room. Great. After about an hour, they take Adam back for x-rays. Result: "You're fine. Must have popped back. Here's some pain medication and a sling." Um. No.
After a sleepless night, Adam is in so much pain he is shaking. SO, I found a walk-in Orthopaedic clinic up in Winter Park. We go there and Dr. Anderson takes new x-rays. A-Ha! There's the correct diagnosis: Posterior Shoulder Dislocation. So, we're off to the ER again (at a different hospital...moms didn't raise dummies).
Adam got sedated and they re-set the shoulder. He comes out of sedation and they take an xray. Poor guy. Shoulder is still out of whack. Unfortunately, they cannot re-sedate him so soon so they try resetting with no pain killers. They tell me, "lie on his legs and hold his hand." One doctor proceeds to pull one way, another pulls in the opposite direction. Whatever mental image you have in your head right now is probably pretty accurate. Stupid, stubborn shoulder.
They just couldn't get it back, so they admitted him to the hospital for the night and said they'd get him into the OR in the morning.
It is now Saturday afternoon. Going on 42 hours...
Adam is now put under general anesthetic and taken into the OR. Thankfully, they were able to re-set the shoulder without cutting him open, which was the next resort.
Now he is in a sling/cast, not able to work for 2 weeks, minimum, and certainly not able to do anything else. Next Wed. he'll be evaluated by the orthopaedic surgeon as to how much longer he'll be laid up, as well as what type of surgery he'll need and when. Yuck. What a mess.

On a happier note,
Congratulations to friends Kelli and Weylan on their SURPRISE--Kelli is pregnant for the 4th TIME! (They currently have a 17 year old, 12 year old and 5 year old---all boys.)

Also, congratulations to cousins Joe and Ann (and big brothers Andrew and Alex) as they welcomed their 3rd son into the family--Aaron. What a blessing!


The house is still for sale. Lookers, but no buyers. Drat. Still moving though.

That's about it for tonight.
Looking forward to receiving some pictures from Preggo Peggo's shower...