Join Waukesha resident Brien Lee and his blog, Sir Fido, as they explore the city and report on the interesting things they find.
We tried to find the closest urgent care facility. My son was minding his own business earlier this week while playing basketball in the school gym when a cement pillar suddenly ran out and smacked him hard in the shoulder. We'd never been to an urgent care facility, Waukesha Memorial Hospital has always been our first choice, but because the injury was already a day old by the time we decided to get it looked at, I thought he could wait a while longer while we drove all the way to Ruby Isle Shopping Center in Brookfield for a quick X-ray.
Seeing my fourteen year old wince for every bump in the road made me regret the decision to try urgent care, and not finding it at Ruby Isle sealed the deal. I thought I knew the area very well, I attended six years of school just a short walk away, but almost didn't recognize it now and didn't realize the urgent care facility was not attached to the rest of the mall. So we did what we should've done in the first place and went to Waukesha Memorial where we experienced once again their high level of care and efficiency.
Fortunately there were no broken or cracked bones. My son's back to playing basketball and has his first tournament on Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving. I just wish he would have got a good look at the pillar license or at least got a better description of it. But it all happened so fast.
