Back to "normal" ...
OK ... this was soooo not what I was planning on doing with the early part of my week. I was congratulating myself on how well my new reduced work hours routine was going ... when it all turned to custard.
Monday ...
3.55pm : "Hello, is this S's mom ? Can you please come and collect her ?"
4.15pm : Arrive at hospital
5.30pm : Blur of x-rays, nurses, doctors and sterile white rooms with peeling paint and uncomfortable chairs
7.40pm : Realise that there is nothing I have yet experienced more heartbreaking than watching four people physically restrain my six year old daughter while her piercing screams puncture the air (even as part of me smiles at her temper and fighting spirit ... "Get that needle out of me !! Get it out now !!!" "Go away you stupid doctor!!")
8.00pm : Fabulous new "wonder drug" is, amazingly enough, not so wonderful after all and it's decided S will be spending the night
8.30pm : Head home to pack pj's, toothbrushes and "Meow Meow" (imaginatively named toy cat) and arrange sitter for K
9.10pm : Back to hospital where I sit in the waiting room for 45 minutes while all the orderlies hide so they don't have to escort me to the ward
10.30pm, 1.00am, 3.15am, 4.20am, 5.05am, 6.30am : S wakes up crying and refuses to go back to sleep / wants the bathroom / wants to go home / wants her daddy / wants her Nana and Grandad / misses her dog ...
Tuesday ...
7.15am : Nurses arrive to prep S for surgery
8.10am : Try not to cry (or laugh) as three doctors hold her down with a mask over her face as she struggles and kicks
8.30am : Phone call from surgeon (while trying to find all day parking for the car that won't involve a huge fine, or mortgaging the house to pay for it) - surgery over, all OK
8.50am : S wakes up ... grumpy as hell and hungry
9.10am : Icecream, jelly, iceblocks and chocolate milk ... for breakfast !!!
2.30pm : Escape !!!!!
So now it's Wednesday night ... I slept like the proverbial log last night while the MOTH was up and down like a yo-yo. The MOTH spent today at home with S, and we're all back to school / work / "normal" tomorrow.
The tragedy of all this ... and bear in mind this is a six year old we're talking about here, so I don't consider use of the word "tragedy" to be overly exaggerated ... S will be in plaster for six to eight weeks, and we leave for the nationals in exactly five ...
posted by Kassi @ 9:05 PM
6 Comments:
Poor S I hope she gets well soon. I can relate to the needle part.
My then 7 year old put some big burley orderlies to shame when she went to have her appendix removed. I guess she a little like the old man.
I hate needles still.
You have had a busy time lately, I hope you get a break to hang out in your PJ's soon :)
What did she break???
OMG, WHAT HAPPENED??! WHAT THE HELL DID I MISS??
I mean, I can see that you've given us a blow by blow, but why was she there in the first place??
when I read the bit about jelly and icecream etc I thought she'd had her tonsils out, but I'm thinking she wouldn't be wearing plaster if that was the case lol
Oh dear, poor wee mite, (and poor YOU for seeing her go through it!), hope she's doing a lot better and heals super fast :)
yeah youve missed a vital part of the tale kassi
WHAT HAPPENEDD??!!??
Poor "S". While feeling sorry for that sweet little 6 yr old, I also must feel for Mom as I know how much it hurts to watch your little one trying to cope with their hurts. Hoping she heals fast and is soon running around laughing and playing like it never happened. They seem to move on while we keep worrying about what they are doing for fear they will get hurt again. Guess thats a Mothers worst worry - trying to protect without over-protecting them.
Never heard the phrase "flying fox" before.
Also may I ask about "feng shi" as I am curious just what it is? Probably all the younger ones could tell me, but?????
dot - a genuine flying fox is like a tower, with a cable down to a pole at the bottom. It has a little pulley/handle combination thingie you hold on to and hang underneath that slides from the top down to the bottom of the cable ... some of them can be 100m long and start a good 20ft off the ground.
The ones they have at school though are part of the normal playground equipment ... and are basically a horizontal bar 20 - 30 ft long and about 6ft off the ground with a "handle" the kids hold onto and hang underneath and zoom along the bar from one end to the other.
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