TT- Surviving an afternoon at A & E

Ryan after being put in cast

Yesterday afternoon I really had a bad scare. I received a call from Ryan’s school. His teacher told me that he has fallen and he was crying badly as he couldn’t move his right arm. Hb and I immediately took off from work and brought him to see a doctor.

The pronosis wasn’t good. He was referred to KKH to have a X-ray and had to see the bone specialist there. The waiting time and moving from one doctor to another at KKH was agonizing. The X-ray that he took showed that there was a fracture in his left elbow. He had to be sedated and his hand “fixed” Ryan was given a low dosage of Ketamine before the minor procedure took place.

Seeing him being jab was really heart wrenching as he was screaming his head off when the needle was jabbed into his thigh and the nurse and I had to restrain him. I knew it was for his good and tried to soothe him that the procedure would be over soon. However whatever I said was to no effect in easing the pain he was feeling. It took about an hour after his arm was put back together before he fully awoke.

Ryan is in cast and has to stop all physical activity for 4 weeks. It really pains me to see him missing his favourite swimming and rollerblading lessons. ( Not mentioning the $$ in skipped lessons)

July 25, 2009

Weekend Reflections- Sticking to my To-Do-List

Dominique Thoughts teaching

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This the 1st week I am posting to this new meme of mine- Weekend Reflections.

This week I am reflecting on perseverance and trying to stick to my To-Do-List.

At Work

I have managed to complete 80% of the marking that I have this week.

My class is on schedule or slightly fast in the learning of the curriculum and that has freed up time to do more creative and out-of the box activities with them. I am aiming for more integrate learning experience which is not so textbook oriented. This week we had time to make paper dolls in class during our art lesson as a starter activity to the unit on Clothes we Wear which I am currently teaching for English. The kids were thrilled , including the boys, as they could make costumes for the paper dolls based on their favourite cartoon character Naruto, Ben Ten etc.

At Home

I managed to get the laundry on alternative days at home and the clothes pile on the sofa is nearly non-existent this week. Hooray!! Since our home makeover it has been easier to keep the place neat and tidy and I am simply loving it.

With the Kids

The boys have just started their twice nightly Japanese lessons with me. After sourcing around I managed to buy some Japanese flashcards for them. I initially wanted to make some for them but haven’t had the time and energy to work on them. They are loving this new language and look forward to getting to the end of the 100 words.

How has your week been?

If you want to know more about how this meme started read here