A Trip To The Hospital

A Trip To The Hospital is the first episode of the first season of We're The Raccoons.

Summary
Pinch breaks her arm and has to go to the hospital, but she is very nervous.

Story
One day, a five-year-old raccoon named Pinch was playing outside with her best friend, an otter named Jelly, who was the same age. Pinch had fur that was two shades of blue and white and wore a pink waterproof bow, pink frilly socks, and black Mary Jane shoes. Jelly was magenta in color and had purple hair. She only wore pink ankle-high socks with black-and-white sneakers. The two were playing tag.

"Tag," said Pinch as she tapped Jelly's shoulder, "you're it!"

The two girls ran around, laughing. However, their playtime was abruptly halted when Pinch tripped, fell, and landed awkwardly on her left arm.

"Pinch," Jelly cried, "are you okay?!"

The only response Jelly got was that Pinch started to cry.

"Mama, Papa," Jelly cried out loud.

Jelly's parents, Ernest and Opal Otter, heard Jelly and rushed outside. Opal was purple with dark purple hair in an afro and wore a pair of square glasses, a pink headband, an apron with pictures of fish, and pink slippers. Her husband was blue-gray in color with a patch of light blue hair on top his head and wore a white collar, a red necktie, and brown shoes.

"What happened, Jelly," asked Opal.

"Pinch fell and she hurt herself," said Jelly.

Ernest approached Pinch.

"Where does it hurt," asked Ernest.

Pinch showed Ernest her arm, which was starting to swell.

"You better take Pinch home," said Opal, "Wanda and Walter might wanna get her checked out at the hospital."

"Will do," said Ernest.

Ernest then picked Pinch up and carried her to his 1988 Volvo 240.

"Is Pinch gonna be okay, Mama," asked Jelly.

"Don't worry, sugar pie," said Opal, "she will."

Meanwhile, at the Raccoon household on 1967 Penny Lane, Pinch's blue-gray, dark blue-gray, and white mother, Wanda Raccoon, who was thirty-five years old and wore a dark blue headband, a dark blue apron, and red sneakers was doing some needlepoint in the living room while Pinch's younger brother, Scootch, who was a two-toned gray three-year-old raccoon who wore only shoes that resembled fish spent the day with the Raccoon kids' maternal grandfather, Timothy. At first, Wanda thought it would be an ordinary Saturday, but her thoughts were changed when Ernest arrived with Pinch. Wanda was alarmed when she saw Pinch's state.

"Oh my goodness," said Wanda, "what happened?!"

"She fell while she and Jelly were playing tag," said Ernest.

"It hurts, Mommy," Pinch cried.

"Don't worry, honey," said Wanda, "I'll get you to the hospital right away!"

With that, Wanda carefully made a sling out of a dish towel and put it on Pinch for the latter's arm, then they went out to Wanda's 1992 Volkswagen GTI, in which they sped to the hospital. When they arrived, after getting Pinch checked in at the front desk, they went up to the pediatric wing on the third floor, where they waited in the waiting area. But before they left, Wanda had notified her husband, Walter, who was two years older and wore a two-toned brown in color and wore a red cap, a yellow overalls, and dark red boots about Pinch.

"Where's Daddy," Pinch asked.

"He'll be here," said Wanda, "he's rushing right over from work."

"My arm really hurts," said Pinch.

"I know it does," said Wanda, "but you're gonna see the doctor soon."

"What's the doctor going to do," asked Pinch.

"He'll look at your arm real close and maybe ask you a few questions," said Wanda, "nothing to be worried about, really."

Just then, Walter arrived and walked into the waiting room.

"I came as fast as I could," said Walter.

"Daddy, I hurt my arm," Pinch whimpered.

"I know, sweetie," said Walter, "but everything's going to be alright."

Just then, a nurse came outside.

"Pinch Raccoon," said the nurse.

"Right here," said Pinch.

"Good," said the nurse, "follow me."

With that, the foursome walked into an exam room.

"The doctor will be with you shortly," said the nurse.

The nurse then left, and soon, Dr. Najiv Aljunni came into the room.

"Oh, look, Pinch," said Walter, "it's Dr. Aljunni, Shimmer and Shine's father."

"What happened here," asked Dr. Aljunni.

"I was playing with my best friend Jelly when I tripped and hurt my arm," said Pinch.

"I see," said Dr. Aljunni, "I think we better take an x-ray to see if anything's broken."

"What's an x-ray," asked Pinch.

"It's a device that allows doctors to take pictures of someone's bones," said Dr. Aljunni, "think of it as like a special camera."

Dr. Aljunni then led them to an x-ray room, where Pinch saw an x-ray machine hanging from the ceiling.

"Is that it," asked Pinch.

"Yup," said Dr. Aljunni, "looks like a big camera, doesn't it?"

"Yeah," said Pinch, "Mommy has a camera, but hers is a lot smaller than that hunk of metal."

Walter chuckled at Pinch's comment.

"That's my girl," Walter said.

Dr. Aljunni laughed too, then he lifted Pinch onto the table and draped a lead cover that looked like a ladybug and instructed Walter and Wanda to wear lead aprons to pretect them from radiation. He also had Pinch remove her socks and shoes, leaving her temporarily barefoot. Then, he took the x-ray.

"Now," said Dr. Aljunni, "go back to the other room and I'll have the x-ray ready in a jiffy."

"Right," said Walter.

With that, after Pinch got her socks and shoes back on, they went back to the room.

"You're doing great, Pinch," said Walter.

A few minutes later, Dr. Aljunni came back with the x-ray and put it on a lighted screen.

"Now, Pinch," said Dr. Aljunni, "your forearm, the part of your arm your hand is attached to, is made of two bones. They're called the radius, the smaller one, and the bigger one is called the ulna. The x-ray shows that there's a small fracture in the ulna."

"Will it get better," asked Pinch.

"Yes," said Dr. Aljunni, "we'll put a cast on the arm to help it heal."

Dr. Aljunni then led the family to the casting room, where he gave Pinch an injection with some medicine to numb the pain while he set the bones and put the cast on. Once that was done, he got out some rolls of colored tape to put on the cast and showed them to Pinch.

"What color would you like your cast to be," asked Dr. Aljunni.

"Pink, please," said Pinch.

"Nice choice," said Dr. Aljunni.

Dr. Aljunni then put the tape on the cast,

"How does it feel," asked Dr. Aljunni.

"A little heavy," said Pinch, "but I think it's starting to feel better!"

"Great," said Walter, "Now, let's head home."

With that, they left the hospital, and as a special treat for being a brave girl, they decided to stop for ice cream on the way.

"You know," Pinch said to herself, "that wasn't as bad."

The End