Mummy called Gu Gu on her handphone & was told there are already at the clinic. Daddy drove at a speed of 120km/hr ( which of cos was against the speed limit la) on the CTE. Daddy, although did not say anything but was obviously quite worried also, otherwise, why the need for speeding. Mummy prayed dat no traffic police wld stopped us or kenna accixxxx...
Here is Ah Ma's account of what had happened.
- She was in the kitchen, hanging out the clothes & i was in the living room, walking ard & playing.
- I kept calling out to Ah Ma & ah ma kept saying: "coming...coming.."
- All of a sudden, Ah Ma heard a loud thud & realised that i had fallen.
- Ah Ma thot dat i had hurt my head & begin to console me.
- At this time, Li Juan & Li Qi gu gu returned from dinner & ah ma told them wat happened.
- They checked me from head to toe to see where i had hurt myself.
- Ah ma initially thot dat i had hurt my head & begin checking for swells & bruises but dun hv
- I had stopped crying at tis time so ah ma decided to change me into my pyjamas
- They they realised dat whenever they lift my left hand, i wld start howling in pain
- They then gt a conclusion i must hv hurt my arms somewhere.
Mummy & Daddy rushed over to the chinese sinseh & was told i gt a bone dislocation. Mummy burst out: " What?!!!! So where were we? Mummy asked. The sinseh told Mummy we had only just left so Mummy quickly called gu gu & we agreed to meet up at the carpark . Mummy & Daddy rushed me down to KKH, Childeren's A&E
There were many many people at the department, mostly kids with high fever. Some with more serious conditions like bleeding from the head with serious wounds or on the body. There was one little boy with blood all over his clothes & his head was bandaged up. His daddy who was carrying him was also covered with blood & his mummy was crying, eyes red & puffy.
Mummy paid the registration fee & we went ahead to take an x-ray to see what happen to my arm. The waiting game begin. We waited, waited, waited......from 10.30pm to almost 12.30am ---- for 2 whole hrs. Nos. were nt called in sequenced & more serious cases were attended to first. Mummy was a little frustrated; isnt my case considered a serious one?!
The doc looked at my x-ray & told mummy & daddy dat i had a slight fracture on my elbow. The bone is still intact; dat's good, just dat on the outer sides of my bone, there are 2 slight cracks. The doc will speak to the bone specialist & see whtr an admission is required for me anot due to my age.
The doc came back to mummy after speaking to the bone specialist & was told no admission needed for me. I only need to hv my hand plastered & in arm sling
to minimise my movement. There was also no medication for me as the doc said the crack will heal by itself; i suppose wat's with all the cells & tissues doing the healing process. :) Mummy heaved a sign of relief. :)
The doc & an assistant nurse begun to put my arm in a plastered cast & sling me. I was crying & howling away cos its sooooo painful. Mummy's eyes were teary but she tried to hold her tears back.
We were told to come back on Thurs for a review to see whtr my bone is healing wonderfully. Please pray for me. I wanna be up & abt again.
Mummy asked if i wanna be notty & climb high & low another time anot. I shook my head. Daddy asked if i wanna be like spiderman & climb even higher anot. I nod my head. Dilema!
Look at poor o'lil me. My left arm in a sling. Quite uncomfortable for me cos i cannot turn easily & hv to sleep on my back most of the time. Bandages sucks!
A pillow was put below my left arm so that i can rest & relax & nt feel so rigid. Mummy knows hw uncomfortable it is for me & she trys to make me feel comfy, as best as she could. But at the same time, she is also afraid of hurting me even more.
Rachel darling, pls get well soon. we wanna see u up & abt again. pls also bear with the uncomfortableness for awhile.
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oh no Rachel how did you fell so badly? I was lucky to escape any injury when I fell head-down from my bed . . . maybe I'm a real hard nut to crack! Don't run around too much liao okie . . . n i think hor, the area near the bandage is gonna itch after a few days... u must bear with it leh. Get well soon.
hi amanda tks. mummy say i baskside itchy lor, cannot sit still, always running ard & climbing up & down. tis the result of my carelessness lor. aiyo, u also fall ar? falling head first also no play play leh...ask ur mummy to monitor u for vomiting & giddyness. hope u recover soon too.
oh dear!! must be so traumatic for everyone!!!
kids are real toughie.. she will recover soon..
meanwhile.. big gentle hugs from aunty kole..
thank you aunty kole from rachel.
its indeed a nightmare for me, her mummy. i will still be all teary whenever i think back on wat had happen on that fateful sun evening. And i sorta blame myself, thinking if i had brought rachel along to the IT Fair, then maybe nothing wld hv happen to her. haiz!
l/r.
THANK GOODNESS you didnt bring her to the IT fair!!! saw the citylink fotos..it was scary!!
dun blame urself ok, we always do our best to protect our kids but things do happen and kids, being kids are curious and ignorant of danger :(
hugs to u..
kole, tks so much.
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