On Easter Sunday, Darby took a significant fall on the asphalt, tearing up her knee and elbow. She had been limping for days. Getting concerned that her fall may have done something serious like fracture her knee-cap, I intended to get her in to see the doctor on Thursday. However, she had a school field trip and didn't want to miss it. Also, she had a party at school in the morning that she didn't want to miss, so I got her appointment for Friday afternoon.
Darby's appointment was for 2:45, but we arrived early to do the expected paperwork. It took awhile to get in there, but once we did, the preliminary examination was inconclusive. Finally, we were sent to another clinic down the street for x-rays. We got there around 3:30, and it was immediately clear that it was going to take awhile. In fact, it was 4:55 before we got to the x-ray room.
The worry was the doctor's office. We were supposed to take the x-ray films back to the doctor's office for analysis, but they were scheduled to close at 5pm. So I called over there to find out what we were supposed to do, and it turned out they were waiting for us. It was 5:15 before we were back to the doctor's office and it took no time at all to review the film. No fracture!
Of course, there is good and bad to this. I'm glad she's not seriously injured after all (right before baseball season no less), but on the other hand we consumed an entire afternoon in waiting rooms to find out that nothing was wrong. Ugh.
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