Comments on: It Only Takes A Moment

By: Stuff I Forgot to Tell You

Stuff I Forgot to Tell You — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:55:56 +0000

[…] not a holiday around here without a trip to the ER. This time it was Mark, though, and he topped P by one […]

By: liz

liz — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:20:18 +0000

Oh, poor mama! That is soooo scary! That fear is like no other!

Thanks goodness P is OK and took his staples like a champ!

I grew up on (too much) SNL and your Massive Headwound Harry reference brought back some memories. 🙂

By: tiffany

tiffany — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:23:18 +0000

I’m so glad he is ok! I can only imagine…time would have absolutely stopped for me, too.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:01:42 +0000

Poor little P! So glad he’s okay and that it was not more serious! And I know what you mean about wanting to hold him on the way to the ER. I would have wanted to do the same! xo

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:58:19 +0000

Oh Missy I am SO sorry. You know (cause we talked about it) that I have one of those guys too. One has never been injured, one had stitches 4 times before 4th birthday. It’s hard not to feel like you must be doing something wrong. But some kids are just like that. So glad P is OK! I don’t think I would have done too well with all that blood, you are very brave.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:39:05 +0000

Whew…so glad he’s ok! I would have melted down if that would have happened to my son.
Once, my son was running and hit the corner of a table. He split the corner of his eye and I panicked. I’m an ER nurse and I panicked!

By: By Word of Mouth Musings

By Word of Mouth Musings — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:33:10 +0000

Blood will always put you completely over the edge … altho I was once told, that its better if a headwound bleeds. Supposedly less chance of concussion or fluid buildup.
Sounds good in theory right!
Glad you survived your not so romantic Valentines … tell your hub you need a rerun – just the two of you!

By: Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudri

Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudri — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:36:59 +0000

Those moments are so scary. And your right, a moment can pull the switch in your head and like dominoes your emotions move from comfort to scared to panic. I’m glad all turned out relatively well.

By: joann Mannix

joann Mannix — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:26:33 +0000

There is just nothing worse than a head wound. Stops your heart. I’m so glad he’s okay.

Our middle girl was nicknamed Danger Girl for her ridiculous lack of limits and fear. Our trips to the ER were many. Her worst was the time she was jumping on her big girl bed. The words had just dropped out of my mouth for her to stop before she got hurt and down she went, face first into the wooden backboard of her bed. I saw her head snap back and then that awful cry, the one that tells you this is bad. My hubs, the cool headed one in our partnership, got there before me. He said three things to me: Don’t look. Get a bath towel. We’re going to the ER.

She’d split her chin open so deeply the chin bone was exposed. I was also eight months pregnant.

I was so furious that we had to wait at the ER. My daughter was covered in blood. I was covered in blood. Bones were protruding and yet we had to wait.

When we did get back, we could hear what was going on, on both sides of us. On one side was an infant who’d been rushed in by her parents. She had a fever and they were worried because she was scheduled for open heart surgery in two days. The other side was a toddler who’d had a severe asthma attack.

I was ashamed of my ignorance and grateful that all we needed was a profusion of stitches and then life would simply return to normal.

So true, that in the scariest of motherhood moments we discover our real blessings.

By: Yuliya

Yuliya — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:19:21 +0000

Oh Jeez I would rather you not blog for a MONTH than have that kind of story for blog fodder. So glad everyone is ok.