I have one quick question for anyone who can answer it. Have you ever gone to the hospital because of a broken bone? I am asking this because I am writing a story and I came to a part where the kid breaks his arm. I never broke anything in my life, so I don't know what the hospital procedures are. Do they give you laughing gas, inject you with pain killer, or anything? I know it sounds stupid but I want to keep it at least semi-factual.
Gosh, I feel so ignorant... :-[
So basically you go to the ER, wait for the people who have more serious injuries to go ahead of you, then your in a room with a doctor who puts you in a sling/cast and gives you pain killers and sends you on your merry way?
Well, to be fair, we went right to an orthopedist rather than the hospital, my mom freaked out and didn't want me to wait in line forever (and die of a broken bone apparently, lol), so we went to a specialist right away who took care of the problem. But my case was different so I can't really claim to be the norm in this situation.
Edit: Woops, meant to edit my last post in this thread, accidentally deleted it... :-\
Thanks. Now that I think of it, I might not need to make it all that factual. At that point in the story, the kid is unconscious and hallucinating (dreaming, I guess), so I suppose it would would be safe to have the kid wake up with a sling on his arm, and for the doc to hand him his meds saying, "Here ya go, Timmy." ? But that does seem kind of cheap. Would it be reasonable to say that they gave him laughing gas (or anything) and then worked with the bone and put on a cast? I am unconfident in my ability to think logically, as you can see.
That plausible to me, if the injury that broke his bone also knocked him out.
On a side note, does the medical profession still use laughing gas? That seems so... 1800s.
They used it on me when they were drilling my tooth. I don't they would use it in that situation now that you mention that.
I think I almost broke my finger, but I broke my toe!
I never broke anything before, thank God! ;D
i jammed my finger but t was'nt broken
Man, those HURT! They're also quite a hindrance when you're gaming.
When I broke my toe, it didn't hurt to bad. But after a couple minuts, it swelled, and when I stepped, I could feel my swelled toe alot!
Man, THAT must've been painful. :(
i could'nt play games for a month
i've never broken a bone but my arms are double jointed ;D
Quote from: medli on April 06, 2006, 11:39:16 AM
i've never broken a bone but my arms are double jointed ;D
my fingers r 2, and my knees can slightly bend backwards
Man, THAT must've been painful. :(
by MagmarFire
)Reply to MagmarFire) it wasnt THAT painful. i felt like crying but i didnt.
i've never broken a bone but my arms are double jointed
by Medli
(Reply to Medli) wat do u mean? can u send me a movie of u doing something that u can do with double-jointed arms?
my fingers r 2, and my knees can slightly bend backwards by Howl
(Reply to Howl) wat do u mean? can u send me a movie of u doing something that u can do with double-jointed fingers? and a pic of ur knees slightly bending backwards?
well,i would if i knew how
i don't have a camera
really? wow
i do but why would i video my double joints?
my bro broke his arm
How badly?
i was'nt born yet but he broke it
Oh. Well, which part(s) did he break: the humorous, radius, and/or the ulna?
god
???
exactly
I fractured my collar bone and I broke my jaw(Well not so much as I broke it but some other people had the courtesy to break it for me.). I didn't even know that I had a broken jaw until I saw the dentist a few months later, except for the acute pain I suffered through about a week after the incident( But hey, what can you do about it in jail?) and, now five months later, I'm all better.
oh
Quote from: MagmarFire on April 07, 2006, 11:23:12 AM
Oh. Well, which part(s) did he break: the humorous, radius, and/or the ulna?
Are you asking about the kid in my story? If so, it was his ulna. I think I am going to have it dislocated from his elbow too.
that sounds so wrong
What are you talking about? What 'sound so wrong' about an ulna being dislocated from an elbow joint?
it sounds disgusting
"Disgusting," that sounds better than "wrong." It sounded like you were saying I said something perverted without realizing it.
no i wasn't being dirty
topic
Howl...
get back on topic
yea we been told off...a lot
broken bones,no. double jointed bones,yes.
Daniel Radcliffe can turn his arms all the way around! u know how like u put ur arm staight up and keep goin back until u cant any more? well dan can put his arm straight up and go back as far as some people can, but can keep goin! do u get me?
....any more news on mr.radcliffe that we don't know?
dunno
good we can carry on then ;D
Oh, I remember a time when my friends and I were at basketball practice probably more than one year ago. See, one of my friends was trying to catch the ball, which was being whipped to the other side of the gym. When his hand came into contact with the ball, he dislocated his either his thumb or another finger! :-X
I never really saw his crippled hand (thank God!), but it was bad, since he couldn't play for, practically, the rest of the season!
poor guy
wow the poor thing
yea i haven't broken any bones yet
but i've sprained my wrist and ankle before playing soccer
but nothing serious
Well, at least it's better than breaking something, right? :)
i'd rather sprain than break
I choose neither. That's how zero-tolerant I am with pain. ;D
speaking of people, (this has to do with cats) my g'ma told me and my bro this, that...i forgot almost all of it. but one of our cats i think, got carried away by a cyote. ill try and remember g'mas story. well, ill only tell the end, cant remember the beginin one of my g'mas cats mum, got carried away by a cyote, the cat escaped the first time, then my g'ma heard kind of a screech from a cat, and she told her husband, i think, to get his bbgun. he did. and then the cyote got the mum cat, and the mums kitten didnt know what was happning,because its eyes were still closed, but, that cat still goes out where it was born, waiting for his mamma to come back. sad story huh?
Quote from: MagmarFire on April 11, 2006, 06:42:56 AM
Well, at least it's better than breaking something, right? :)
Yea it is
I fractured my finger lastnite playing B-ball
when i jumped of a plat form i made so i can reach the hoop and my finger got twited in the net
IT HURTS worst now then it did when i had done it
;D i put a home made splint to hold it straight using popsicle sticks and medical tape
- its not serious
( costs me a -lot more if i went to the Doc's)
Man, THAT must've hurt. It reminds me of a gruesome story about a basketball player that had a ring on and dunked a ball. The ring got caught in the net, and the flesh on his finger... Oh, it's unbearable! :-X
Anyway, Omni-Link, that's a good idea to improvise! When in doubt, DON'T go to the doctor. ;)
how is it feeling now Omni-Link?
its sore and Swollen
but its getting better
This reminds me. I got a stiff neck when I woke up this morning. :(
The worst part of it is that I had track practice today, and I had short, painful spasms in my neck.
I know this isn't really related to broken bones, but a word of advice: set up your pillows comfortably; if you don't, you could have your neck stay in one place for most of the night, giving you this irritating irritation.
poor u 2. u and darkness_link. but dont u think the cat thing was horrible?
What cat thing? ???
this: my g'ma told me and my bro this, that...i forgot almost all of it. but one of our cats i think, got carried away by a cyote. ill try and remember g'mas story. well, ill only tell the end, cant remember the beginin one of my g'mas cats mum, got carried away by a cyote, the cat escaped the first time, then my g'ma heard kind of a screech from a cat, and she told her husband, i think, to get his bbgun. he did. and then the cyote got the mum cat, and the mums kitten didnt know what was happning,because its eyes were still closed, but, that cat still goes out where it was born, waiting for his mamma to come back. sad story huh?
I hate coyotes for that very reason. (It hasn't happened to me, but if one of those got a hold of my cat... >:( ... I would blast it to pieces with a shotguh.) They are also cannibals (sp?) and will eat domestic dogs.
Yeah, the story wasn't pretty. Poor kitten... :(
(Oh, and, shadowlink13, I think you spelled "cannibals" correctly. No worries.)
Coyotes eat domestic dogs!? What kind of sick creatures are they!? ???
Or so I heard. I've heard stories of people who live in Arizona who have to let their dogs in before night because of coyotes.
Yeah. But to think, they can be THAT carnivorous!