A Wii Little Accident, and a Favorable 'Dye'agnosis

Friday morning, Kelsey summoned me to the bathroom after she took a shower. She showed me some bruising she had on her shoulders and in her armpits. For the rest of the day, we went through all possibilities we could trying to explain them away. By Friday night, her right arm hurt and she couldn't lift it above her shoulder. Saturday morning, we took off for a few enjoyable days off in Minneapolis. On the way there, we stopped at Mom and Allens to drop off Kelsey's prom dress to be altered. As she tried it on, my mom noticed the bruises and asked about them. Saturday night, the adults were enjoying a wonderful dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse when Kelsey called. Her bruising had spread to the backs of her shoulders, and she was feeling weak. On the way back to the house, we called Dave's sister Chris, who is a nurse, and she suggested we have her seen sooner than later.

So when we got home, Ann, Alyssa, Kelsey and I headed for the ER. The first ER we stopped at had a sign that read 'The next person to be put in a room has been waiting for 3 hours'. Needless to say, we decided to try another ER. The second one was much faster, and after 45 minutes we were placed in a room and explaining to the nurse what our concerns were. She had a perplexed look on her face and she opened a drawer and pulled out an alcohol wipe. She then proceeded to wipe black and purple dye from Kelsey's skin. At the same time, I was turning three shades of red and hanging my head low. The nurse was followed by the resident doctor and then the doctor, who all proceeded to wipe the 'bruising' off with an alcohol wipe. I was slightly mortified. The nurse made me feel a little better when she said it was good that we brought her in, and it was even better that it wasn't lukemia! After the diagnosis, Kelsey purked right up and felt great!!

We arrived back at the house around midnight, and had 8:00 Easter Sunday church, so we all headed off to bed. We woke up the the next morning thinking it was Christmas and not Easter! It snowed pretty much all day and was actually very pretty. Ann made a great Easter meal, and it was fun to all sit around and talk together. It was also great to see Katie and Josh again.

Sunday night, the kids were all having a great time in the lower level playing Wii. Troy was having fun bowling. The ceiling in the lower level is lower than most ceilings, and also has a ceiling fan, making it even lower. Troy caught on to bowling in no time, and soon bowled a strike. In his excitement, he raised his arms in the air as he screamed 'Yes!', and put his fist through the glass bulb covering the light bulb. He had a couple of cuts on his hand, but we decided to wait until morning to see how it looked. The next morning, the bleeding has stopped, but the main cut was very close to the joint, and it was still separated. So, off to urgent care he went. Instead of stitching it shut, they glued it and then wrapped it up so it couldn't bend. He was thankful he didn't have to get the shot!! He wasn't as happy about being out of baseball for the next 10 days!

All in all it was a good trip and we all had fun. Praise God Kelsey doesn't have lukemia, and Troy's finger will heal!! In two trips to Minneapolis, we have had one ER visit, and 2 urgent care visits. Needless to say, we spent a little more money than we had planned to! Happy Easter everyone!