What a terrifying experience I had yesterday!
It began as a good day. Angelice went to a Tea Party @ her friend's apartment & had much fun. She even got to decorate her own doily. (which is like a placemat).
But that was early in the day. What was to occur in the evening hours was beyond my imagination. My husband was working & I was home alone with the kids. They were playing their usual game of "store". Which is where they take out most of the groceries from the pantry & place them on the floor to pretend they're going shopping for food to have a picnic.
Well, my back was facing them as I looked in the pantry to see what else I would let them play with. That was when it happened. My son starts crying, so I turn around & "OH MY GOD! ", I yelled, I panicked. He had blood streaming down the left side of his head non-stop & falling on the kitchen floor in big drops. I then noticed the fork he was holding! How did he get the fork? When did he get the fork? Turns out he was running (with the fork in hand) & fell on it; thereby, stabbing himself in the head with it. I ran to the bathroom & got his bath rag to clean his face, but it quickly got full of blood so I then run to my towel closet & pull out a face towel & fill it with ice. I then had my daughter hold it to his head while I ran to the room to put on my jeans & bra. My daughter was a big help in the car. She helped to calm him down by talking to him about fun stuff & good memories. That got him talking & that made me relax myself on the drive to the E.R.
The visit to the E.R., thankfully, only lasted 1 & 1/2 hrs. He was good to go once they cleaned his abrasion which, thank God, was only 1/2 a centimeter so he didnt need no stitches! Praise God.
The nurses were very friendly & gave them stickers & were very happy with Angel being such a good patient.
I read about a boy toddler who was running with a fork in hand & this one was worse. He fell face first into the fork which got stuck up his nose! Of course, the E.R. had to take out the fork. I even seen a picture of it!
I never went thru anything like this with my daughter, so I guess there is a 1st time for everything, huh?
Anyway, I just HAD to write about this. It was crazy ........
What a terrifying evening.
2 comments:
Oh Aida, what a horrible scare! Thank G-d it wasn't so serious and that Angelice is a great big sister.
Yes, that goes to show that even in the care of your parent(s), anything can happen in just a tiny split second. I always thought nothing bad could happen to my kids under mine or Eggie's watch. What happened that evening sure changed my way of thinkin'!
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