wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) So I'm sitting in the ER waiting room with the 3yo after he split his forehead open on his headboard. Got a nice gouge in his left eyebrow. Judging by the number of folks in this room with us, we should be here for awhile. What do now? Edited September 16, 2019 by wacky1980
NaBarney Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 Just now, wacky1980 said: What do now? Vote for Trump again?
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 Just now, NaBrainman said: Vote for Trump again? No worries, this is all covered. Now what?
NaBarney Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 Just now, wacky1980 said: No worries, this is all covered. Now what? Build the wall? Send her back? Maga? Idk what yall cunts like to do.
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 Just now, NaBrainman said: Build the wall? Send her back? Maga? Idk what yall cunts like to do. Kinda difficult to accomplish those from in here. That's why I'm asking for suggestions. Gosh.
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 Hopefully the kid is already in there? I always got right in as a child. Play stupid phone games until the doctors figure it out? If they're in there it shouldn't take more than an hour to get out. A forehead split is easy peasy. 1
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 Still in the waiting room. Been almost an hour now. The boy is sleeping so it's not an urgent thing, but my ass is getting numb from these shitty chairs. We've been here enough times with these kids that I'm pretty used to this routine.
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 On a lighter note, the dude sitting across the aisle from me in a wheelchair keeps shifting in his seat. He's wearing pretty short shorts. At one point, I'm sure I saw a ball.
NaBarney Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: Hopefully the kid is already in there? I always got right in as a child Lolno, shit takes days
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 Just now, NaBrainman said: Lolno, shit takes days This is actually the longest ER wait I've sat thru for one of the boys. But the other visits were more urgent, so meh.
molarbear Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: So I'm sitting in the ER waiting room with the 3yo after he split his forehead open on his headboard. Got a nice gouge in his left eyebrow. Judging by the number of folks in this room with us, we should be here for awhile. What do now? Feign a heart attack 4
NaBarney Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: This is actually the longest ER wait I've sat thru for one of the boys. But the other visits were more urgent, so meh. Ya for stuff deemed non-urgent I've always heard from people that it takes hours, granted thats in bigger cities than where u are.
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 1 minute ago, NaBrainman said: Ya for stuff deemed non-urgent I've always heard from people that it takes hours, granted thats in bigger cities than where u are. Yeah the town this hospital's in is only like 50k pop. Waiting room is clearing out a bit now. Might get to head up soon.
bnmjy Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 I remember when I went to the ER for a racing heart rate, I was seen right away. There was quite a few people in front of me. That's all I've got to share. 1
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 I was wrong. Still sitting. Pretty sure at this point that of everyone still in the waiting room, we beat everyone here. Approaching 90 minutes now...
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 Finally got a bed. They applied a lidocaine gel to numb it. Gonna be another 30 minutes before they can clean and fix. The boy is handling it pretty well so far. 1
NaBarney Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: Finally got a bed. They applied a lidocaine gel to numb it. Gonna be another 30 minutes before they can clean and fix. The boy is handling it pretty well so far. $75,000 treatment
bnmjy Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, NaBrainman said: $75,000 treatment You sound jealous. 2
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, NaBrainman said: $75,000 treatment Copay, maybe $50. Gonna leave a real nice scar though. Cut right through his eyebrow and about as deep as could be. 1 2
NaBarney Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, bnmjy said: You sound jealous. I am jealous of the people who can go to the ER when they're hurt and only have to pay $50 because they can afford to pay hundreds of dollars a month for medical insurance, you're absolutely right. 4 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: Copay, maybe $50 Lucky you didnt have to rush him to an out of network ER
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, NaBrainman said: I am jealous of the people who can go to the ER when they're hurt and only have to pay $50 because they can afford to pay hundreds of dollars a month for medical insurance, you're absolutely right. Lucky you didnt have to rush him to an out of network ER It's state insurance. Not Medicaid, but discounted based on income.
molarbear Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, wacky1980 said: Copay, maybe $50. Gonna leave a real nice scar though. Cut right through his eyebrow and about as deep as could be. Hole in my cheek was bigger, scar isn't shit. Plus people dig scars, just tell him to tell people he got in a fist fight with a Bear in the wild and won.
cyberbully Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) With my son's allergies, we wind up in hospitals a lot. The ER is never that fun but if we go to children's hospital, they have lots more things for kids to do while you do your inevitable wait and a free food bar for parents and other kids. Nice facility and since it's a given that children will be accompanied by parents, the rooms have decent side beds...not just tiny hard couches. Edited September 16, 2019 by cyberbully 1
cyberbully Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 2 hours ago, NaBrainman said: I am jealous of the people who can go to the ER when they're hurt and only have to pay $50 because they can afford to pay hundreds of dollars a month for medical insurance, you're absolutely right. Lucky you didnt have to rush him to an out of network ER But you could too if you weren't lazy. I kinda get some people being upset that their college degrees havent worked out for them.....but what have you done beside professional keyboard warrioring for your young life. Even guys with no skills manage to make 40k driving trucks and shit....Hell, i assume you can even get welfare....but not even sure if you've put forth the effort to do that. But at the end of the day, im not interested in the why. 1
Vamped Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 6 hours ago, wacky1980 said: Finally got a bed. They applied a lidocaine gel to numb it. Gonna be another 30 minutes before they can clean and fix. The boy is handling it pretty well so far. Thats what they did to mine when he decided to dive off the fucking bed and into the humidifier. The gash wasn't that deep though. It was like 3 in the morning but amazingly Lebonheur was a ghost town. We didn't get out of there until 6am. =_= He was super chill though. He let the nurses stitch him up and he was just laying there getting his baby hands massaged. 1
mthor Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 6 hours ago, wacky1980 said: Copay, maybe $50. Gonna leave a real nice scar though. Cut right through his eyebrow and about as deep as could be. That's exactly where my older one did exactly the same thing when she was three. Scar's visible, but not grossly disfiguring or anything (of course, this is after 30 years...oof.) As long as they kept the eyebrow lined up, it'll just be a cool scar. 1
wacky1980 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 2 hours ago, mthor said: That's exactly where my older one did exactly the same thing when she was three. Scar's visible, but not grossly disfiguring or anything (of course, this is after 30 years...oof.) As long as they kept the eyebrow lined up, it'll just be a cool scar. a cool scar is probably how this will end up. he's already got a matching scar on the other eyebrow from doing the exact same thing about a year ago, but it wasn't deep enough to take him in for stitches. might be time to look for a softer headboard...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 Why do so many kids bust open their eye? When I was 6 or 7 I was running through the house and my brother tripped me, I busted open my eye on the coffee table. Thought it was funny wacky's kid hit the same spot, now two others? Stupid kids.
mthor Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: Why do so many kids bust open their eye? When I was 6 or 7 I was running through the house and my brother tripped me, I busted open my eye on the coffee table. Thought it was funny wacky's kid hit the same spot, now two others? Stupid kids. Not stupid, just kids. Avoiding walls and furniture aren't their highest priorities.
cyberbully Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, mthor said: Not stupid, just kids. Avoiding walls and furniture aren't their highest priorities. Kids and head wounds just go jand and hand. This is my lady's son just 2 weeks ago
🍬Candy🍬 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, mthor said: Not stupid, just kids. Avoiding walls and furniture aren't their highest priorities. Thank God it hasnt happened to my kid yet. I would just diiieee seeing that beautiful face split open #knockonwood
renjifan Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 Yikes! Hope the kiddo is feeling better! 1 hour ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: Why do so many kids bust open their eye? When I was 6 or 7 I was running through the house and my brother tripped me, I busted open my eye on the coffee table. Thought it was funny wacky's kid hit the same spot, now two others? Stupid kids. When we were kids, my sister and I were playing checkers and she got mad that I was beating her, so she picked the board up and threw it at me. The corner ended up catching me right above my eye/right under my eyebrow. Didn’t need stitches, but did leave a nice little scar. Not super visible now, though, 20+ years later...
🍬Candy🍬 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 34 minutes ago, renjifan said: Yikes! Hope the kiddo is feeling better! When we were kids, my sister and I were playing checkers and she got mad that I was beating her, so she picked the board up and threw it at me. The corner ended up catching me right above my eye/right under my eyebrow. Didn’t need stitches, but did leave a nice little scar. Not super visible now, though, 20+ years later... She sounds psycho
renjifan Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) 33 minutes ago, 🍬Candy🍬 said: She sounds psycho Nah, just a sore loser with bad aim 😂 So she says, at least. She swears she just threw it out of frustration and not necessarily at me... 😒 Edited September 16, 2019 by renjifan
wacky1980 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Posted September 17, 2019 this child... no new injuries, but now he's running a fever. i'm pretty sure it's not from infection; the wound is actually looking really good at this point and there's no other signs of anything like that. probably just a viral thing, one of many going around right now. doctors want us to bring him back in if he's not over it soon, because they think it could be related to the injury. but they're just being overly cautious. #pleasedontbesepsis
Vamped Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 On 9/16/2019 at 12:56 PM, mthor said: Not stupid, just kids. Avoiding walls and furniture aren't their highest priorities. After the panic subsided about the blood and the baby cries i was just like ....fuck.... im going to jail
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