There are two letters in the alphabet that separately are nice letters. However when these two letters are put together, these are the worst two letters any parent would ever want to hear - ER.
I had to take Sydney to the ER this morning. Yesterday when I picked her up from day-care, she had just finished up playing at recess with her friends. She and another classmate were riding cars and they ran into each other and bonked heads. Sydney was fine when I picked her up but she had a pretty good sized blue bruise by her temple. What concerned me eventually with her was her clumsiness.
Though my three-year old is not always the most graceful, she was stumbling a bit more than normal. I placed a call to her doctor and informed him how she'd not had as good of balance since her accident. He thought it would be best to have Sydney checked out.
As a parent, your mind is never fully at ease. You're always worried about your child's health, future, life in general. When an incident happens where something could actually be wrong, it's, in a word, terrifying.
Thankfully, THANKFULLY, everything is fine. It was just a bonk. She is resting right now and will be back to school tomorrow. I'll think I'll be packing one more thing for school tomorrow, though.... her bike helmet!
Yikes!!! So sorry to hear about your trip but glad everything is ok. :)
Posted by: Kristy Hart | November 12, 2008 at 03:38 PM
So glad she is OK! What a relief for all of you. Whew.
Posted by: Jamie | November 12, 2008 at 03:50 PM
That's a scary time to take a deep breath, be the 'Mom' and hold it all together while your heart is beating so fast and the mind is imagining all that could be going wrong. We're glad to hear that it was only a 'bonk' but, boy, those 'bonks' can certainly cause a lot of stress.
Posted by: Jeri | November 12, 2008 at 10:08 PM
thank god! poor syd - so happy to hear she is okay - give her a hug for me!
Posted by: jen altman | November 13, 2008 at 10:23 AM