Last Sunday, February 18, Mikaeel decided to perfect his flying kick at Samar's birthday party. On his 3rd try, he overlooked the fact that one of the helpers at the gym was still standing behind the "tackle foam." Newton's laws are indeed irrevocable, at least at the macro level: Mikaeel bounced off the foam and broke his right arm's radius and ulnar bones. He was quite the trooper. I had him hold his broken arm, walk to the car and then bear the bumpy ride to the ER.
Mika was quite the joker after the Morphine kicked in. After the X-Rays, the Orthopedic Surgeon, Bobby, & ER Doc, Michael Butler, tried anaesthesia drugs. After a couple of doses, they started looking at each other wondering why it wasn't knocking Mikaeel out. At one point, Mika shut his eyes slowly and after a few seconds, startled everyone by saying "fooled ya". After 4 doses, he was finally sedated and we were kicked out to the waiting room.
I was really impressed with the ER staff at UMass Memorial, Worcester - the waiting area was poor, but the staff was world class. I guess they get to see a lot more than the clean & sterile ERs in our neighborhood. We were back in our local ER after Mika and Tylenol with Codine didn't get along.
Emaan, my 5-year old, picked up a bug while waiting in the ER, and was throwing up 2 days later. And today, a week after Mika's accident, Emaan's virus caught up with Mika and he spend this third day in the ER after throwing up 11 times. I think we should get him a membership rewards card for ER visits.
So Grandma & Grandpa (Morji & Baba) got to see a week in the life of Mamoon, Zehra & Co. As usual, Zehra did most of the work, but I took a lot of the credit.
Nano, Abbas and Hussain were all there in full support and helped us get through the week. I hope next week is a bit better.
