Graceful, Leah Grace

Sunday evening turned out to be a pretty hectic one. I always tease Leah that it's a good thing her middle name is Grace, because she is one of the least graceful ballerinas ever. That said, Brittani and my niece Tynli came by. She was telling me of the errands she had to run. Bobby was holding Tynli, who had fallen asleep, so I told her just to leave her and go run them. About five minutes after she leaves, she gets this call from me:

"Brittani! Leah fell. You need to come get Tynli. I think she broke her nose." Click.

I hung up because I was in a hurry throwing my clothes on, in a rush to rush Leah to the doctor. Yep, she fell and smacked her nose across a metal tin box. Right across the bridge. Immediate swelling and blood follow. We are pretty sure it's broke.

Brittani and my brother arrive. I tell them to buckle Tynli, I am throwing the stuff in the diaper bag. They leave in a hurry. We leave in a hurry. Leah is hysterical.

Less than a minute after pulling out of the driveway I get a call from my brother.

"Where should we take Tynli, to urgent care?"

I'm confused. I ask why they would take her. He says, "Because you said you think she broke her nose!"

I play back the conversation. Oh yeah, it DID kind of sound like that. But I mean their baby was asleep. Not crying. Dane said he thought she may have got knocked out from the fall. Leah was crying when they got there. Dane said he thought she was crying because she hurt Tynli.  We all laugh. I'm sure they are relived that it wasn't their 4 month old. They still felt bad for Leah, but as brand new parents I'm sure they were scared out of their minds! It is funny to tell the story now...can you imagine if they showed up to emergency with a sleeping baby saying she broke her nose. They either would have looked so stupid or the doctor's would have had to figure it out!

We get to urgent care and see it is packed. People are puking everywhere. Not fun! They finally call us back to the nurse. This is a sike out. They call you back to get your vitals and then send you back to the waiting room to wait for all time and eternity to see a doctor. I know the trick.

We get to see the nurse and ask how long the wait is, because there are some REALLY sick people out there and we are not sick and don't want to be. She tells me that there is a 2 1/2 hour wait, which probably means 4. Then she tells me honestly that there is nothing they can do even if it is broken due to the swelling. So if we waited, they would have just touched it and put a flashlight up it and sent her home to come back tomorrow.

OK, good bye then. We will be back tomorrow and not sit in other people's throw-up air.

We went back the next day. They x-rayed it. To our surprise, not broken!! Which is awesome because I didn't want to deal with them setting it or with her having a crooked nose forever. Just bruised, thank GOD!