Flashbacks. Horrifying.
When the school called this afternoon and told me to be there in 5 minutes, I panicked again.
When I got to the nurse's office, the smell of blood almost made me sick.
They told me Courtney had been running laps in P.E. and had fallen. Then a classmate had tripped over her and it caused her head to be knocked into the cement.
I noticed blood all over her little hand and sleeve.
She's bleeding?!
I picked her up and looked at the back of her head. Her hair was shades of pink & red, and the chair was covered in blood.
She wasn't very responsive, just whimpering.
On the way to the hospital, at a red light, I sent a text to my family, telling them Courtney had hit her head and to please remember her in their prayers.
Not long after, she started being responsive & by the time we got to the hospital, was talking and even smiling.
Her hair was stopping the bleeding for the moment, and we waited several hours before we were seen.
In the meantime, Courtney told me some distressing details.
The P.E. teacher was having them run backwards, in a line, on the cement. Call me crazy, but that just seems like an accident waiting to happen.
Also, she told me the P.E. teacher ran across campus to the Nurse's office to get help. When I asked which grown-up had stayed with her, she said, No one. I was alone.
Are you KIDDING me?
She could have blacked out, had a seizure, vomited... we don't know if she blacked out, because she was alone. {Unless you count a bunch of freaked out 6-year-olds as supervision?}
I want to discuss this with the school, but am not sure what exactly to say...
Daddy & Brother got her two little bears & some candy for being so brave!
Anyway, after hours of waiting, they cleaned the wound, and decided rather than stapling or stitches, to try to glue it back together.
She was a real trooper, not even a peep out of her. My brave little girl!
To see my baby's blood spilt like that-- to see her in pain-- I wanted to take it all away from her!
Bless her little heart! When we got home, to my dismay, it had started bleeding again.
I frantically called my brother {Dr. Smith} and he told me to gauze it and wrap it "army style."
During the night, it stopped bleeding.
Darren kept calling her "Axl Rose" since she looked like she had the rocker bandanna on.2/22- We had a doctor visit today. No neurological delays, no sign of infection. She's on the mend. Thank heavens!
7 comments:
How scary! When we were walking home one day from ryans school a little boy fell off his bike and cut his head open on the cement. I had to call his mom twice before she answered and when she did i told her what happened and she acted all annoyed and asked if he was able to walk home! Poor kid! We stayed there till his dad got there. He ended up needing stitches!
Natalie! It's been a long time. I was trying to track down Amy and found you instead. How fun. You are a cool mom! I'd love to get in contact with you and hopefully Amy. email: mcclure@pmt.org
Love,
Stephanie Morgan McClure
Oh Natalie that is so scary! To have your child hurt is the worst and head injuries are the scariest. I am quite paranoid these days. I am so glad she is alright. I would be furious about those things too during P.E. Good luck with that discussion. I also want to thank you for all the nice comments on my blog. I sincerely appreciate them. Hope all else is well in Copa land.
i hope she is feeling better. you definitely need to speak with the school, just approach it with, "i have some concerns about what happened..." kind of attitude. by the way, that is one BEAUTIFUL child.
oh my goodness!!!
Oh, that made me tear up. One of my worst fears is getting a phone call like that. :(
That is soo scary. This would make me want to Leave Legacy, for Sure! Infact maybe even Maricopa. LoL! How about YOU????Hey it's time for you to update your blog. I never hear from you anymore. I hope you guys are doing okay. Call me sometime, we want to see your kids before they get any older. That cracked me up that Darrin didn't even recognize Jaren. He said "that can't be your baby." Too funny...It's been to long come over for a BBQ and swimming. Let me know what's good for you.
Love you guys! Amy
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