Second E.R. visit in as many weeks

For fifteen months we avoided the dreaded new parent visit to the Emergency Room and counted ourselves as among the lucky as all our fellow parents endured the experience for one reason or another.  Then last week with the Gastroenteritis it was visit number one for us and we no longer had the perfect record.  This morning was to be a Daddy-Daughter day out and about an hour into the outing Arianna decided it would be fun to swing from Daddy's arm while flinging herself at the ground simultaneously.  Daddy holding on to her hand so she wouldn't run off, as she is wont to do, didn't let go fast enough.  As a result, she managed to dislocate her elbow (something called nursemaids elbow we later learned) with the force of her movement.  At first I wasn't sure she was hurt or just frustrated but after 20 minutes of crying and her clearly favoring her left elbow we picked up Mommy and headed to the hospital.  We were lucky that it was a very slow day and they got us in almost immediately to see a Doctor and get x-rays.  Fortunately, the x-rays showed no fractures and the Doctor was able to pop her elbow back into place.  Once he did that the crying stopped and she pretty quickly got back full range of motion.  It was a frightening morning though apparently not that unusual event as Doctor told us that young children have loose ligaments making them more susceptible to this.  We told Arianna after that she has used up her quota of visits for the year and would appreciate not having any more.  She was fine rest of day even if her parents were a little frazzled.  Oh well, if this is worst she does to herself we will continue to count ourselves amongst the lucky.