The Dreaded “C” Word….
March 11, 2010 6 CommentsOur Weekly Update in true Homeschool Style:
A is for Adventurous,
B is for Boy,
C is for Concussion,
D is for Doctor,
E is for Emergency,
F is for Family,
G is for God,
H is for Hospital,
I is for Insurance,
J is for Jargon,
K is for “Kids do this all the time”
L is for Legalities,
M is for Medication,
N is for Nausea,
O is for “Oh My Goodness!”
P is for Prayer,
Q is for Queasy,
R is for Rest,
S is for Specialist,
T is for Treatment,
U is for Unconscious,
V is for Vomit
W is for Wake Up (Every 2 hours)
X is for X-ray (well, CT scan)
Y is for Yawn
Z is for ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! (finally!)
So…..Yeah.
I know when you have a boy, people TELL you….and they give you that LOOK…….and you PREPARE your heart……..and you PRAY for strength……..but really, somewhere deep down inside you think….”That’s not going to happen to me……All those other Mom’s just weren’t protecting their sons enough, I mean really how can they let them run in the house. (snicker) Not Me! My boys are not going to be wild, and unruly, and bruised, and bleeding, because my boys are good boys, and they sit quietly at the dinner table, and they never fall out of trees cause they won’t climb them, and the’ll never throw fits in the grocery store over the wrong kind of ice cream, cause’ we won’t eat any sugar at all….and they’ll be happy that I’m buying them organic, unpasturized goat cheese curds or they won’t eat at all.”
Not my boys.
So, Bubba is doing just fine, we didn’t even have to stay the full night in the Hospital, and there are no skull fractures, internal bleeding, or extensive swelling. PRAISE GOD! Just a little bruise on his brain and he’s been in great shape healing rapidly! It got pretty scary there for a while, but God was watching over him, and the right people were around him to take the appropriate action!
And, the kids are so thankful to be spending “Spring Break” resting, snuggling on the couch and gorging themselves on popsicles, ice cream, cartoons, and all the other amazingly wonderful things God created ;)
I, on the other hand, am thankful that I have another Milestone to chart in his baby book:
Age 4: Concussion!
(You know cause we want him to have some exciting times to look back on)
LOL. It’s amazing what a Boy MOM can handle.
Anyone else have a Baby Book filed with Adventure?
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So, I’m totally impressed you actually came up with a full alphabet of letters. And to answer your question, we actually joke that we rate our vacations based on how good the local ER is, sad to say our home ER is not all that great, it’s good, but not great.
Hang in there, I’m sure you’ll have more trips, and it gets easier as you realize they understand.
Oh, and just don’t joke at the ER “Of course it’s an accident, what do you think I beat my kids?”
Not fun {or funny}, but been there, done that, paid that hospital bill. :)
We even had a fun adventure to visit the pediatric plastic surgeon ~ all
thanks to a sippy cup thrown by one well-aiming sister. :)
I don’t even want to think about what is ahead in our future with two very
active boys… :)
We have been fortunate not to have a trip to the ER with our almost 6 year old
but I know it has nothing to do with me!! I was one of those parents that
thought it won’t happen to me, and it hasn’t. I just hope it won’t be
because it’s going to be a doozy. Glad you’re all on the mend.
Oh Valerie… I have 4 boys… I feel for ya! Ive been to the ER several times… Once for one of them swallowing a screw as he tried dismantling the baby gate! One cracked his head open on his night stand while jumping in bed, and the screw-eater dove into his bed once,and caught a nail in the wall (with his head – 3 stitches)
Just keep praying… God will watch over you all. :)
Not necessarily ER trips thanks to urgent care being opened but we havd stitches at age 2 almost three in his finger. A chipped pushed up back into the gum tooth and eventually had to have that pulled out about a month before thi. jA year or so later jumped off a toy in the play area at the mall and injured foot and had to have x-rays to make sure not broke. I keep telling myself that if he can handle it I will to.
Good job, Mommy, for having a sense of humor! Praying your little guy heals fast and takes it easy for a while ;) We’ve only been to the ER once for our little guy–stitches at age 3–He split his chin open on his bike helmet chin-strap (bike helmets are suppossed to keep you safe, right?) when he crashed into a wall while riding his bike. At three he didn’t have much control over his bike yet, and just like to go FAST!! Not an experience I’d like to repeat, but just knowing it’s going to happen eventually is what really keeps me up at night, lol!!