Thursday Night
9p.m.
Caden jumps off of a stack of storage bins stacked 3 high and screams bloody murder
Can't bear weight on his right leg
Tylenol around the clock
Friday Morning
9a.m.
Wakes up in pain, still unable to bear weight
Debate taking him to urgent care as opposed to ER because of our new $4000 deductible
Decided on Bald Mountain Urgent Care in Lake Orion
For some reason drove past it and ended up going to Beaumont Building
Saw doc, had X-rays at Beaumont Imaging which showed possible hairline fracture of right tibia
X-rays suggested getting another view to be sure
Doc recommended NOT doing another X-ray, but gave me name/number of pediatric ortho to obtain appt (on Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend - yeah right!)
Doc states if we can't get in today, go to ER to have temporary cast placed until we can get appt with ortho ($$$$$$$$$)
Prayers begin
Called ortho but he's left office already due to holiday
Tracked down ortho who Kate saw who happened to be at a clinic at Royal Oak Beaumont Friday afternoon. It is after 1p.m. now.
Spoke with receptionist who reluctantly decided to pull up the X-rays (since they had been done at a Beaumont facility) and show them to the doctor to see if he'd get us in
Doctor said to have us come now, their office closes at 3:30 and it is pushing 2pm by this time)
Saw doctor who decides not to take more X-rays, believing his leg is truly broken and places a cute, blue cast on Caden's leg.
To follow up in 3 weeks to reevaluate
As I look back over the day, I can see God's hand in so many ways. When the urgent care doc basically told me I should take him to the ER for temporary cast, after I had already spent $ on X-rays and office visit at urgent care, I wanted to cry. I thought, why did I come to UC for no reason!! But God had a reason for directing us to that specific urgent care. Only at that urgent care would I have X-rays that would go into the Beaumont computer system, thereby allowing the receptionist at the ortho office to pull them up for the doc to see. And what receptionist or doctor adds on a patient at 3:00 pm on the Friday of a holiday weekend? Only one that God directs to do that!
If I had gone to the Oxford ER, I would likely not have gotten in to see the ortho, because he wouldn't have been able to see the X-rays ahead of time. He spared us the cost of an ER visit and the cost of getting extra X-rays, and allowed us to get in to see the orthopedic doc at the last minute. He is so good! I'm praising him for his sovereignty, wisdom, and direction in our lives!
