There are some things as a parent that I'm just extremely grateful for...
- "Free" healthcare (It's not really free, any active duty service member knows that) but we don't pay a deductible or copay for it
- Living just down the street from a hospital with an ER that has virtually NO wait
- FANTASTIC neighbors
The elementary school called me and told me to take my son to the doctor. He had fallen and cut his eyebrow. So I grabbed the baby, let my boss and coworkers know that if I wasn't around - it was because I was taking my son to the ER. This was at 10:40/11:00 am.
By 11:15, my son was in the car and we were on the way to the hospital. I hadn't taken off the bandage since I had remained fairly calm and composed, I didn't want exposing the wound and seeing what was REALLY going on to suddenly cause me to panic.
I quickly parked and walked right in to the receptionist to check my son in. No one was in the waiting room and directly from there, they triaged us, and then immediately gave us a room.
The doctor was in shortly after and said that he'd need three stitches. Getting to see my son's wound at the hospital made me realize it wasn't so bad, the blood on his shirt, chin, and seeing it soak through the bandage made me think it was worse than it was (Hence, the apprehension to unveil the wound prior to getting to the hospital).
I've never seen anyone get stitches before so I didn't know how he would react. As a precaution they wrapped him in a blanket and told him it was so he wouldn't get his clothes bloody. I wanted to cry right there with him when they put the needle in to numb the area. It looked painful as the medicine was injected causing it to puff up the area.
Keep in mind, during all this, my 2 y/o is in the same room but is just sitting there so quietly in her chair looking at her stickers. You wouldn't have even known she was there. Honestly, how did I get blessed with such great kids?
Three stitches later, we were quickly discharged and in the car by noon. Two hours later my neighbor calls to see how he is doing. Our kids are in the same class and her & another classmate that was having a playdate over there were so concerned because DS went to the nurse after a bloody scene at the playground... and never came back.
They came over bearing gifts of cards and sweets. It was so adorable that the two girls cared so much to bring those over for him & see how he was doing.
So to say the least, today was an eventful day. To top it off - I did at least get some stuff accomplished. I finished listening to the lectures for the 2nd Auditing module and put in a few hours for work.
So after I make dinner and finish 100 M/C questions to study for Auditing... I'll be sooo ready to relax. Nevertheless, I'm so grateful to be blessed with the above three things. I can only imagine how much more stressful something like this would have been if I didn't have such wonderful insurance, availability to quality urgent care, and having such caring neighbors.
There are some things...
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One of the worst things I've ever been through was when my daughter was catheterized. Just awful ... makes my stomach churl every time I recall it. I'm glad that you had a good outcome with your son and he is on the mend.
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Glad things turned out good and you are right we need to remember what we are grateful for.
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