calling 911 for your child

this may be the scariest thing i have ever encountered as a mom.  one of my trips - C - fell about 6 feet & landed flat on her back on a hard wood floor.  were camping in a cabin & she was climbing down from a loft & lost her footing.  She didn't loose consciousness & screamed right away.  As a nurse & a mother, that scream is the most welcome sound in the world.  Still, she was writhing around it what looked like so much pain, i was concerned about a spinal fracture.  After calling 911, the ambulance was there very quickly.  The paramedics examined her & decided there was no immediate emergency but took us to the hospital to be sure.  By that time, C was able to talk & told us she didn't hit her head.  Her complaint was her lower back.  
The dr in the er checked her out & ordered an X-ray.  After 3 hours in the ER, & C refusing 4 times to let them get an x-ray, it was fairly apparent that she wasn't hurt.

But then the crotchety old dr comes in & says to me "it's really unusual for a 4 year old not to listen to her mother". as if I'm a bad mother who has no control of her child. I told him that if it were something i could hold her down for, i would. unfortunately a back x-ray is something she needs to be willing to do because she has to stand perfectly still with no one holding her.  WTF, has he ever met a 4 year old?  especially 1 in a strange place being asked to do something she has never done before?  

Thankfully, she really is OK.  I took her to the chiropractor a couple of days later (this happened on a camping trip in another state)  & he said he could feel where the back was compacted & under stress, but that he also didn't think she had done any real damage.  It's amazing how resilient kids can be.  

It really was the worst experience in my 5 1/4 years of pregnancy & motherhood. Here's hoping a i can get a minimum of 5 1/4 years before the next scare.