It was one fine Saturday evening. Daddy had gone to the office and Mommy was putting us to sleep. After the usual routine - reading bible, worship, pray, wash up, change into our PJs, Mommy went to the kitchen to make milk for us.
Everything was normal. Mommy could hear screaming and laughing coming out from the room. It did not bother her at all. She knew it too well that it is better to hear them laughing together than fighting with each other.
Out of the blue, Elyse ran out from the room to the kitchen and told Mommy, 'I think Erwyn is injured'. It never came across her mind how serious the injury could be. After all, both kids were playing on the mattress and she was only away for like... 5 minutes?!?
Mommy went back to the room and saw Erwyn lying still on the mattress. 'What happened?' Mommy asked. Erwyn, with a sad and pitiful tone of voice, trying to explain to Mommy what had happened. Although in pain, Erwyn did not shed a single tear at all. Elyse also explained to Mommy her side of the story - Elyse was lying face down on the mattress. Erwyn climbed onto her back. Refusing to get down, she threw Erwyn off her back. And Erwyn landed motionless on the mattress.
Concerned, Mommy checked with Erwyn where exactly he felt the pain. Finally, it narrowed down to his right arm, the elbow. Getting more worried, Mommy called Daddy who immediately rushed back to check. Seeing that Erwyn refused to move his arm because of pain, Daddy's prognosis is that he either sprained a muscle or fractured a bone. If it was a sprained muscle, it should be well in a few hours. So Daddy went back to finish his work. Both children fell asleep shortly.
After finishing his work, Daddy came back to examine the boy. At the slightest movement, Erwyn would cry in pain. It's at that point that Daddy and Mommy decided to send Erwyn to the ER. Mommy stayed with the girl while Daddy brought Erwyn over.
Three hours later Daddy and Erwyn came back home with a cast on Erwyn's arm. It seemed Erwyn dislocated his arm. The doctor managed to set the bone back in place. Thank God the X-ray showed no fracture. The cast was more for precaution and to insure Erwyn doesn't injure his arm again within the next few days.
What an eventful night! We really thank God that the next day Daddy was not scheduled to preach. Well, did the children learn their lesson? I really doubt so. Onced back from the hospital, Erwyn was again running and climbing all over the place. Sigh... boys will be boys.
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