At a physical education lesson, Olya unsuccessfully took a pass during a warm-up before volleyball and injured her finger. The school nurse cannot say for sure that it is a severe bruise or fracture. The finger hurts a lot, Olya is crying, she is afraid of a fracture. It was decided to go to the hospital for an x-ray.
My actions
First, I call Olya’s personal driver (although there is a school bus) to take us to the hospital. I called Katya’s mother, Olya’s friend, and arranged for Katya to go with us. I counted on the fact that Katya, together with a personal driver, would cheer up Olya, cheer her up, chatting about all sorts of things. In addition, Katya herself recently broke her toe, so she will share her experience with Olya.
My calculation turned out to be absolutely correct — all the way the four of us (Katya, Olya, me and the driver) laughed, joked about the fracture and Olya’s younger brother.
Further in the hospital, while we were waiting for our turn, I directed the conversation towards a discussion of classmates, teachers, homework, and then turned around on the topic “why it’s cool to break a finger on your right hand”: in the classroom you can not write anything and shamelessly use the tablet. In addition, no written homework for you and exemption from physical education for a month (Olya does not really like this lesson). Olya laughed at my reasoning, agreed and added that now everyone at school would help her, carry food in the canteen, and sometimes a briefcase.
Thanks to our conversation, when the x-ray confirmed the fracture, Olya was calm, she did not cry.
Events unfolded rapidly
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