September 15th 2015 - Bullying

September 15th 2015 - Bullying

Something I absolutely hate!  Bullying!  I was bullied at school to the extent I had to swap schools because of how bad it got.  I will not stand for it in any way.

My eldest son came home from school on the 2nd day of the new term with a huge bruise on his knee from where a lad (kid X) had tripped him over and he hit the floor.  I didn't think much to it until he rang me on monday of this week at 9am saying he could hardly walk as his knee hurt.  I asked why and he said that kid X had tripped him over again and he had hurt the same knee as last week where he hit the floor again!

I was not pleased and told him to go and tell his teacher and ask the first aider/nurse for an ice-pack and to ring me if he needed to come home.  The teacher said that they couldn't do anything about it and the school nurse wasn't in, so he couldn't get an ice pack.  He spent the day hobbling around and being laughed at by kid X.  I rang the doctors but they had no appointments left.

He was still struggling to walk today, his knee is still swollen and bruised so I rang the doctors and we went down.  The doctor said that he thought it was just bruised and muscle hurt but as he can't see through skin he cant say there isn't a chip to bone but its too swollen for them to do an xray.  He has been advised to rest, no sports for a week and to document anything and everything that kid X says and does incase we need to get the police involved.

Kid X is nothing but a bully, him and my son have had conflicts for nearly 3years now.  My son will only take so much before he hits back.  Kid X is known for picking on people and being nasty.  He was banned from the school bus last year due to fighting and picking on people.

I have spoken to the vice principal of the school and filled him in fully on what is happening etc.  He has assured me that it will be delt with as he doesn't want bullying in his school.  He has told my son that if kid X says or does anything then my son needs to go and find him to report it.

Bullies are horrible people and they do it because it makes them feel better.  Having been a victim of it I am not having my kids go through it and if it looks like i'm a grass then so be it!

April 13th 2015 - R.I.C.E

April 13th 2015 - R.I.C.E

R.I.C.E - not the stuff you eat but Rest Ice Compression Elevation in a first aid sense.  When I slipped in the garden at the weekend trying to get away from a wasp I landed on my wrist!  Didn't think much of it until my wrist and hand started to swell so I removed my rings.

I was still in pain with it this morning although I can move it so went up A&E to get it checked.  The nurse prodded n poked it (as they do) and I had pains shooting up my arm and into my hand, so I got sent for an xray.  Had a long wait in xray and then back to A&E.

The doctor again prodded and poked, and said my wrist isn't broken that they can see at the moment, but there is a fracture showing on my scaphoid (bone at base of thumb) - my thumb doesn't hurt though and I broke that years ago.  As i'm not in pain with it they are leaving it for now.  They believe that I have sprained my wrist over the part that hurts and is swollen and told me to use R.I.C.E as mentioned above along with pain killers.  If i'm still in pain in a few days to go and see my GP to be referred back to A&E.

Sooooooooooo much pain again!

Last night my knee gave (again) and I ended up in a heap on the floor!  This is the 1st time it has done this in about 4months, and it has re-aggrevated my knee injury from january 2013.  So after ringing my GP and not being able to get in until friday the nurse advised me if I was in pain to go to A&E. 

Off to A&E I went to have my knee prodded n pulled about and me end up in even more pain! (why do docs always say sorry when they are making you cry out in pain???  LOL!)  Well the doc advised strapping it up and resting it and using my crutches if I need to walk about.  He doesn't think there is any new damage but the old injury again.

So its now a waiting game to see what my gp is going to do and wait for the appointment to the orthopeadic docs, meanwhile taking pain killers like they are going out of fashion!  NOT that they are helping much. :(

But as I cant do much means I have time to look for more competitions to enter and I can sit and read my books :)