A Little Clarification…
Sometimes I write blog entries and casually mention things that I forget to re-visit later with in more detail. For example: The last entry referencing my daughter’s near-death incident.
NikkiZ and I were on the couch this morning, and I was nursing AndyZ. I had just put down our plates of biscuits on the coffee table and we were going to eat breakfast while watching Bee Movie. NikkiZ reached forward for a biscuit and lost her balance falling FULL FORCE onto the coffee table. Cracking her forehead on the edge of the table with a terrible crack and then fell to the floor. The way she collapsed combined with the lack of a scream had me immediately think she had knocked herself out. Panic took over and reason went out the window and I reached down and grabbed her off the floor in one arm while still holding her nursing brother in the other. I ran to the kitchen with both kids in my arms to grab some ice.
Luckily – in the seconds that it took me to run to the kitchen – NikkiZ started screaming which eased my mind to millionth degree. But then it hit me: I just picked up my toddler one week post-op. Probably not the smartest move.
NikkiZ had a horrible bruise and bump pop up almost immediately on her head, but if I said it was the first one of those she had gotten – I’d be lying. Hell, I’d be lying if I said it was only the tenth one. She is a tad bit accident prone – to say the least.
Anyway – all is fine now. She’ll be okay and I think I avoided any major damage to my wound. At least no vital organs have fallen out behind me as I’ve been walking today. So – I think I’m okay. Just one of those split second moments that scared the SHIT out of me.
And now you know…the rest of the story.
I know the feeling. My kid fell out of his high chair when he was small and hit his head on the kitchen table, right on the sharp edge. The table’s sharp edge that is, ‘cos his head doesn’t have any.
Blood everywhere – awesomely NOT exciting. Terrifying, in fact.
You did good in grabbing her – even if it was a little early.
I hate that sickening sound of the thunk of your kid’s head hitting the floor/table/other really hard object. I’m really glad she’s okay though, and I hope you didn’t hurt yourself!
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I hope neither of us suffers any lasting effects!
Glad you all are OK! At least your maternal instinct is to HELP your kids! Me? Oh, I close my eyes in fear and ask the nearest person to please pick my child up, even if that person is a total stranger in a parking lot…yeah.
I am glad that you guys are doing okay! That is scary and that adrenaline kicked in for ya! hopefully she doesn’t have a bruise for long!!
that’s in their baby handbook, i’m sure – freak your poor post-op mom the eff OUT as often as you can. bonus points if she pops stitches.
glad she’s ok! hope you are too!!
Well Im glad that everyone is okay now. It was a good thing that you picked her up because Im sure the ice helped her.
Glad NikkiZ is ok! I think what scared some folks was your waiting room pic of AndyZ.
so glad that NikkiZ is ok and you too!
Awww, poor kid. I was accident prone as a kid. I needed stitches eight times by the time I was eight years old. I spare you the gory details. I’m glad all she needed was some ice. The face is not a good place for stitches.
Poor NikkiZ! I’m glad to hear she’s not hurt even worse. Hopefully some Mommy immunity kept you from hurting yourself while picking her up. That moment, after they fall, when you ascertain how bad it is while imagining the worst is awful.
I haven’t had a chance to comment about your beautiful boy. Congratulations to all of you! Unfortunately last Wednesday I was in my OB’s office hearing the unbearable news that I had lost mine at 10 wks. I am so very happy for you!
Oh sweetie, kisses!
Ow. When my oldest (now 11) was an infant, he somehow flipped the baby-swing he was swinging in, pitched forward, and whacked his forehead on the coffee table. He did the same silent…(wait for it)…SCREAM thing, and I think I might have done the same. Good thing that little heads are so hard. Or soft. Or whatever they are.
I’m recovering from a c-section right now, too, I feel compelled to tell you for no apparent reason.
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Oh, poor little thing! I’m so glad she’s okay! And I’m glad YOU’RE okay, too!
Oh Gosh! I totally had the same thing happen a few months ago, I had to have surgery to clean up the endo and they were unable to do it laproscopic and so I had a large incision across my abdomen… my 2 year old niece came to visit a week later and while the 2 of us were in the kitchen alone she almost dropped the loose cabinet on herself, I bolted across the kitchen and pushed the cabinet back up but everything inside fell down on her and she started screaming so I picked her up and then I remembered….nothing over 10 pounds. Whatta do?