Even on my vacation I get to hang out in the emergency department. My mom broke her arm midway into our vacation. I was in Cincinnati for my cousin’s high school graduation. We had a lovely time. The big surprise was the presence of my sister. Yep, Heather came from Lima (Peru) to spend the week. It was great seeing the look of surprise on my Mom’s face when she saw my sister. I had been clued in a few days before our departure since I had some things my sister wanted. I was wondering how to get them to her. She asked if I could keep a secret and when I said I could, she suggested I bring the items to Cincinnati. I had no idea just how difficult it would be to keep the secret. I did not intend to tell it, but it nearly slipped out a few times. The look on Mom’s face was worth the effort of keeping the secret.
The graduation was nice. My cousin was valedictorian and gave a speech with his co-valedictorians. He did a fine job. Now there are no more high school graduations and only two more under-graduate ceremonies left. There is always the possibility of weddings for a few of us…
So, the night before the first cousins were to begin departing we cranked up the traditional family game of spoons. We can get pretty wild. There is a mandatory fingernail and ring check. If your nails are too long or your ring setting too large, you may be required to fix the hazard before entering the game for the health and safety of the other players. About three or four rounds in, my dad came down the stairs and requested I follow him back up. I was not sure if I had been singled out as the rowdiest and thus earned a lecture or if my nursing expertise was needed.
It was the latter. It seems that my mom had slipped while getting ready for bed and taken a hard fall to the wall. Long story short, we made a trip to the local emergency department where it the suspected broken arm was confirmed. She has a break at the top of her right humerus.
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