I had the biggest scare in my almost eight years of being a parent today.
The morning started out our usual morning, get kids ready routine. Erik and the kids left for school and it was just me and my little Crew. Time for breakfast and playtime before nap, like ususal.
It's crazy how fast something can happen and flip your world upside down. You always hear it, but you never know until it happens to you. My little Crew is truly a "Bruiser"....he's always climbing, trying to reach something he's not supposed to, falling constantly because he's just starting to walk now, hitting his face on something. We have to watch him constantly. He is definitely my "busiest" bee yet....he makes me so nervous. Travieso.
So, of course when I went to pick him up from his fall into the TV stand this morning, I expected to maybe see a little blood. Maybe a fat lip. But instead I saw a LOT of blood and a HUGE HOLE in the middle of his tongue!!!! OH MY GOSH....how did this happen??? Was it his teeth that created such a huge gash?????? There was so much blood and he kept crying and crying....it was AWFUL! I panicked. Completely freaked out. I tried to call Erik twice. No answer. I swore I saw his tongue start to swell. OMG! What if it swells and he can't breathe? And I don't get him to the hospital in time?! I started praying. It was the scariest thing
ever. I don't have a car right now! What do I do? There's so much blood. Come on Lex, get it together. But I can't! I'm shaking and so scared. By this time he's stopped crying a little bit and his tongue is out. I called 911 and told them to please hurry!!!
It seemed like
FOREVER but they finally arrived just as Erik was getting home, thankfully he called me back before he got home so he knew what was going on. They were super calm, of course and told me he was going to be fine. So we drove two blocks to the hospital in the ambulance(my first time in one of those things, hopefully both of our last!), yes two blocks. By the time we got to the hospital the bleeding had pretty much stopped and he wasn't crying anymore.
We waited about 40 minutes for the Doctor, Crew actually had fallen asleep on me! It was a rough morning and the poor little guy hadn't even had his diaper changed or breakfast yet. The Dr. came in, grabbed his face, looked at his tongue and said "Don't do anything to it." "Children's mouths heal very quickly, he's going to be fine." Thank you God! I can't imagine if he had to get stitches in his tongue, how traumatic that would have been. I really thought he would need them, the hole was so big. And that was that.....she sent us home. My little guys angels were working overtime this morning.
We got him home, gave him some breakfast, let him eat a popsicle, gave him some tylenol and put him down for his nap. I was so worried he'd be in so much pain, unable to drink his bottles, eat or sleep. He was fine, he did everything just fine. We are so
THANKFUL.We already were kinda bumming today, because Alex and Les had to cancel their trip to come see us because Brooks had a double ear infection. The Dr. told them they couldn't fly with him. SO bummed:( We had bought Rockettes tickets for the four of us for today, so they told us to go ahead and take the kids. They were SO excited. UGH! Why did this accident have to happen today? How could I leave my baby after such a tramatic experience? What if he's sad and wants me and I'm not here? And in pain? It was such a hard decision, but since he was eating, drinking and sleeping OK, we decided to go ahead and go. I love my babysitter and Crew loves her too, so I knew he was in good hands. I really didn't want to have to disappoint Halle and Costa....and the tickets were non-refundable, non-exchangeable, blah, blah.
My poor baby! Erik took this at the hospital
He had his first popsicle when we got home!
I think he kinda liked it;)
We took the train in to the city, for the first time since living here with the kids. They loved it. It's pretty fun to ride the train then get off in Grand Central Station. Halle lucked out because her class had actually gone on a field trip that morning to see Frosty The Snowman, an Off Broadway show. Two shows in one day. Lucky girl;)
On the train ride into the city
We made it to the show just in time. Radio City Music Hall is AMAZING. There was a gigantic chandelier made out of tiny crystal stars. It was so gorgeous. The show was awesome. I'm so happy we were able to go enjoy it. I was thinking about my Crew boo and hoping he was OK, but I truly did try and relax and enjoy the afternoon with Hal and Co. Afterwards, we got a coffee at Starbucks and then walked around and checked out the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center and some of the beautiful decorations that lit up the city. It's truly a magical place at Christmas time. Wow. Just like I had imagined....but even better.
The Rockettes
Nativity scene at the Rockettes
Gorgeous chandelier at Radio City Music Hall
It was just SO pretty!
"The Christmas Tree" at Rockefeller Center
I'm so thankful to God for turning a day that started out so horrible, into a beautiful, memorable afternoon. I couldn't help but feel how blessed we are to be on such a fun adventure. XOXO
And, thanks to Sheena for taking such good care of Crew for us! You are an angel!
This was Crew tonight when we got home
, SO happy you're OK buddy! I love you more than you will ever know!
