Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Sumayah's 1st Accident and Emergency experience
Last night we had our first Accident and Emergency visit with Sumayah. What happened you ask?
She fell out of her feeding chair onto the floor and knocked her lip on the tiles. At first when I saw the bloody mouth I just tried rinsing her mouth, but on closer inspection I noticed that the thingy that connects the lip to the teeth thingy (which I now know is called the frenulum/threnulum not sure which!) was cut... I know sounds eina right? So anyway when Yaasier who was upstairs on a call came rushing down to see what all the fuss was about, he suggested a trip to the A&E. We decided it would be better to take the cautionary measure and go just in case there's something she needs stitches or something. We arrived at Olivedale A&E at about 7.30pm and seen impressively quickly by the triage nurse whose role is to classify the priority of your case. We were placed in the 'green' category which meant we were low priority, with yellow coming in second and red/orange taking top honours. According to the hospital policy, patients in the green category should be seen within an hour. However the nurse explained to us that there was a resussitation going on which could slightly delay matters. In the mean time while we waited Sumayah 'got over it' and started being her usual spirited, playful self, attracting the attention of all and sundry in the waiting room. We started to wonder if it was even worth waiting or if we should just go home and see a GP the next day. Nonetheless after about an hour and 15 mins we were sent through to the consulting rooms where we waited roughly another 20 mins. So by 9pm a doctor examined Sumayah, prescribed an antibiotic to prevent infection, pain medication and probiotics and were told that it should heal by itself, but that we should return on saturday for a follow-up... and then we were sent home. After an hour and half of waiting the exam took a total of 10 minutes! But you know what better safe than sorry, and I would rather go the extra mile for nothing than do nothing and the problem takes itself the extra mile. The follow-up visit probably isn't neccessary because the injury is healing well and Sumayh doesn't seem to have any qualms with me touching the area, cleaning it or even brushing her teeth around the area. Algamdoelillah (praise be to God)! it could have been so much worse!
She fell out of her feeding chair onto the floor and knocked her lip on the tiles. At first when I saw the bloody mouth I just tried rinsing her mouth, but on closer inspection I noticed that the thingy that connects the lip to the teeth thingy (which I now know is called the frenulum/threnulum not sure which!) was cut... I know sounds eina right? So anyway when Yaasier who was upstairs on a call came rushing down to see what all the fuss was about, he suggested a trip to the A&E. We decided it would be better to take the cautionary measure and go just in case there's something she needs stitches or something. We arrived at Olivedale A&E at about 7.30pm and seen impressively quickly by the triage nurse whose role is to classify the priority of your case. We were placed in the 'green' category which meant we were low priority, with yellow coming in second and red/orange taking top honours. According to the hospital policy, patients in the green category should be seen within an hour. However the nurse explained to us that there was a resussitation going on which could slightly delay matters. In the mean time while we waited Sumayah 'got over it' and started being her usual spirited, playful self, attracting the attention of all and sundry in the waiting room. We started to wonder if it was even worth waiting or if we should just go home and see a GP the next day. Nonetheless after about an hour and 15 mins we were sent through to the consulting rooms where we waited roughly another 20 mins. So by 9pm a doctor examined Sumayah, prescribed an antibiotic to prevent infection, pain medication and probiotics and were told that it should heal by itself, but that we should return on saturday for a follow-up... and then we were sent home. After an hour and half of waiting the exam took a total of 10 minutes! But you know what better safe than sorry, and I would rather go the extra mile for nothing than do nothing and the problem takes itself the extra mile. The follow-up visit probably isn't neccessary because the injury is healing well and Sumayh doesn't seem to have any qualms with me touching the area, cleaning it or even brushing her teeth around the area. Algamdoelillah (praise be to God)! it could have been so much worse!
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