At this very moment Sam looks like he just got in a fight...with a ten year old...and lost. Not so. Just an ordinary Sunday afternoon at our house:) It seems like there is an hour in our home, always between 5:00 and 6:00pm where chaos rules and bad things can happen. I'm usually preoccupied trying to think up what I'm going to cook for dinner. The kids are all hungry and delirious with low blood sugar and I usually get the bright idea to ease the chaos by letting the kids help. On a normal day their efforts to help in the kitchen would result in a spilled pitcher of juice, or a broken plate. Not today. At 5:15-right on cue...disaster hit. In a split second an innocent childhood fight over who "gets to stir" resulted in the first case of stitches I've ever had to deal with as a Mother. Now it was all an innocent accident. I'm sure Abby didn't mean to push Sam off that chair but she did. In a matter of seconds there was blood just dripping down his face. Abby frantically apologizing and telling him, "you can have the chair Sam...it's ok." Too late for that. Good bye peaceful Sunday afternoon...hello emergency room.
Needless to say, after 6 hours of waiting, and 5 minutes being restrained in a "mummy bag," while a doctor stiched him up, our little boy survived his first real injury. I am doing ok now. uh...I mean Sam is doing alright.
It is so hard to see your kids go through things like this. I kept wishing there was a way I could just take it all away for him. I think every parent feels like that, whether we are wanting to protect them from a bully, or a sickness...or from getting hurt. I think that is the part of parenting I will never be able to get used to. Watching your kids experience difficult things. What a trooper though. Despite my crying- he took it like a real little "man."
Hopefully this marks the one and only visit to the emerge this year! Hope you all have better luck this week:))
3 comments:
Sorry to hear that Tan! I still remember when Mason got his first stitches.
6 hours wait though? That is brutal!
Wow! Sorry to hear about Sam! I can tell you that our house has that 5:00 fever as well! Hopefully Sam heals without scars! I totally understand the sick to your stomach feeling when your children hurt themselves. Jason fell down the stairs the other day and I spent the whole day feeling like I was getting the flu! These kids, no wonder we get grey hair!
I need to get your email address - Keira is 3 months (4 on the 24th). How old is Jessica? Where are you guys living now? Daniel and I are in Wetaskiwin for 2 years now. Is Jon teaching?
My email is danamanda.dick@gmail.com
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