Riv's first InstaCare Visit

Notice how his right arm is limp

Another shot of him not using his right arm

All better! Watching Incredible's and Popcorn fixes anything ;)

Well we had a quick trip to InstaCare today with Riv. Trevor and I were at the Mall walking around when Riv decided he didn't want to walk anymore so he laid down in the middle of the hallway in protest. Trevor helped him up by lifting him by the arm (like we have all done many times.) Soon after though we noticed that River was getting whiny and fussy so we decided he was probably tired and we better go. When I was getting him in his car seat though I noticed he seemed to whine when I was trying to get his right arm in the strap. I told Trevor I though maybe his arm got hurt when he picked him up. But he was just fussing not crying or anything, so we decided we would just get him home. When we got to my place we both noticed he wasn't moving his right arm at all and would fuss if we touched it. Trevor really started to freak out thinking that he had really hurt him or something. Trevor told me to call the Dr. so I did, but they had just seen their last patient for the day and told me to go to the ER. Trevor and I got a little nervous and decided to take him to a close instacare. Trevor was so upset and freaking out thinking he had injured River, I reassured him that it wasn't his fault and that it could have happened to anyone and that it was probably just something small. But we both didn't like looking at River's lifeless arm and were clad that we only had to wait a few minutes to be seen. The nurse saw us first and took Riv's temp and stats, which he HATED and was freaking out more about that then his arm!! She told us the Dr. would be in shortly. As soon as the nurse left we noticed that River started to use his arm again, much to our relief! The Dr. came in and we explained what had happened and that now he seemed to be fine?! The Dr. looked at his arm and said well what happened is called nursemaid elbow, it is when one of the three joints in the elbow that is held in by soft cartilage gets pulled out of socket. He quickly told us not to feel like we had done something terribly wrong, he said that it has happened to a couple of his kids too. He said when they are young it is easy for it to come out. He said that if you just turn the arm in a certain way it pops back in and while he was freaking out with the nurse he popped it back in on his own. The Dr. was really great and told us he should be totally fine now and that the pain goes away as soon as it is back in socket and we just need to be careful with his arm for the next few weeks, and make sure to just pull him up under his arm instead of with his arm from now on.
So in the end all ended perfect and well. Poor Trevor felt SO BAD!! He just kept saying "I can't believe I hurt him!!" He was really upset and was relieved that it was something minor, but still felt horrible poor guy. He insisted on paying the copay which was sweet but unnecessary. Trevor don't worry it could have happened to any of us!! River is happy and fine and you are still his Favorite :)

This video shows how he wouldn't use his right arm at all! Sad :(