Well today was going great….I did my exercise and sketched and went to the jaw doctor and even made a layout. I got work done, Nathaniel took his nap. He woke up at 1:30 and as we walked down the stairs, the phone rang. I picked it up and it was David’s school. He was twirling at lunch they said and got dizzy and hit his head on the metal bench. He’s bleeding from the head. You should come pick him up.
Not words a mom wants to hear. So I rushed over to his school and thankfully he was more ok than I’d imagined. They’d cleaned it off and he was smiling. I took him to the pediatrician and they cleaned it more and decided to put strong bandaids and let it close on its own. There was no need for stitches and they thought there was too much tissue for the dermabond to work.
So we came back home. Nathaniel was mostly oblivious of course.
But he hadn’t eaten in hours and was mostly well behaved at the doctor’s office, especially considering how hungry he must have been.
But we already know how blessed I am when it comes to my kids.
David was brave and sweet the whole time. He held my hand and i told him he could squeeze me as much as he needed. I also tried to explain to him everything that was happening so he understood. He was calm and wonderful.
When we got home, he got to play on the computer.
I tried to take a photo of his deep gash but it’s all covered and thankfully inside his hair.
I am just so glad he’s ok. I worried all the way to school and kept calming myself down. And I was just so grateful he was ok and didn’t injure his head or anything else permanently. Life’s like that, it can change in a second. And I am so so so grateful.
I had some work stress this afternoon but I am trying to keep it in perspective. Then my friends Jim and Dan came and it was fun for all of us to just sit and chat for a while. The kids are sleeping now and David’s doctor even called to check on him (she is so so nice. she’s not even our regular doctor but she was making sure he was ok.) and I will wake him in a few hours to make sure he’s ok. I am just going to sit still for a while tonight and let the gratitude wash all over me.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful my son is ok. So so grateful.
2. I am grateful he didn’t need stitches, I know he was really scared and I am thankful he didn’t have to go through that today.
3. I am grateful for friends coming over, it proved to be a wonderful distraction, just what i needed.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I didn’t need stitches {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I get to read my book in bed.
3. I am grateful mommy’s friends came over.
askim cok cok gecmis olsun. telefon ile cocuga birsey oldu haberi gelince inanilmaz kotu oluyor , seni cok iyi anliyorum. her detayi bilmek istiyorsun ve o an yaninda olup cocuga sarilmak istiyorsun . umarim bir daha hic boyle tehlikeli bir sey olmaz , tabii cocuktur dusup dusup buyuyecek ama sadece kucuk yaralarla dizini falan vursun baska bir yerini degil.
sizi cok seviyorum lutfen david e benden gecmis olsun de ve cok opuyorum.
I’m sending prayers David’s way – hope he recovers soon. What an awful experience!!!!
Yes, that’s the one call a parent never wants to get. Of course, what we imagine it will be turns our much worse in our imagination than in real life, most of the time…
thankfully that is the case!!
Hi Karen,
So glad David (and you!)are ok. Head cuts bleed so dramatically, always so scary. With two boys, it happens. Heck, even the girls go through that–Carmen has a black eye this week-she and a little boy collided, his head to her face just below her eye, because they were both looking in the wrong direction and plowed right in to each other! It’s so scary when you’re the parent and they are hurt though. You will no doubt remember this more vividly than David will in the future. Just remember, they are built for taking those kind of bumps, they really are!
P.S. Sorry I was so whiny last time I wrote, I’m better now. Still hating that Carmen’s parents can’t be grown ups about their divorce, but we’re coping!
Have a great weekend!
you’re never whiny and i totally understand more than you think. is carmen ok???