Realized I haven't posted anything about Michaela's 'little' accident last Thursday. We went to a friend's house to swim after I got off work at the health department. There was a slide and Hunter headed right to it. He was so excited - it was his first time swimming in the deep end w/o a lifejacket and he was doing really well. Michaela saw Hunter go down the slide and she wanted to go down too. My friend asked if I thought Michaela would be less scared on someone's lap. I told her I didn't think Michaela would be scared. I was more worried about her falling off the ladder. So, we were taking turns w/ someone helping her up the ladder, then someone waiting in the pool at the bottom of the slide for her. She had the biggest smile on her face each time she came down the slide then popped up out of the water!
At one point, I was helping her up the ladder. She was maybe two rungs up. I looked away for 1/2 a second to see where Hunter was and before I knew it Michaela slipped and I just couldn't seem to move fast enough to catch her! She fell on her back (she was wearing a lifejacket), then her head hit the cement! I felt ill to my stomach as my worst fear was coming true before my very eyes! She began crying very loudly and as I picked her up, she threw up all down the front of my swimsuit. Not good. I called the doctor's office and the nurse told me that their protocol said I needed to take her to the ER. She may have just swallowed a lot of pool water and she was crying pretty hard. But I knew we couldn't take any chances.
My friend offered to keep Hunter. (You would think it was the greatest day of Hunter's life! He's still talking about how he got to stay at his friend's house and have dinner!) I quickly put on some dry clothes and raced Michaela to the ER, calling Allan along the way. (As luck would have it, I forgot Michaela's change of clothes at home. I had to throw on a T-shirt of Hunter's that was in the car! What a look - a pull up and oversized T-shirt. I can only imagine what the staff was thinking.) I got worried as Allan arrived b/c she began to act very sleepy. I called my friend who had kept her during the day to see if she had taken a decent nap while Allan got her some Bugles out of the vending machine. She had napped well and now I had managed to worry another friend w/ the news we were in the ER! (I purposely didn't post anything to Facebook until we got home.) Michaela seemed to perk up after the Bugles.
We finally got called back. It seemed like one person after another just kept coming in and asking the same questions. What time was the accident? What happened? I wanted to ask, "Didn't the last person remember to write that on the chart?" I'm guessing in cases like this, though, they have to rule out abuse and probably want to make sure the story doesn't change. I also couldn't help but think that we had gotten seen more promptly for Michaela's split chin back in October, which had quit bleeding by the time we got to the hospital.
My friend called and offered to bring Michaela some dinner. The nurses said it would be okay if she had a little. Michaela was gobbling up chicken and rice as the nurse practitioner walked in. She said the fact that Michaela was hungry was a good sign, but just to be on the safe side they needed to run a CT Scan. I sent Allan to go get Hunter and take him home to bed.
Michaela had a fit about lying on the table for the scan and the technician told me it would be easier if she was asleep. Since it was well past bedtime at this point, I told her that wouldn't be a problem. Nearly 5 hours after we arrived, we finally left the ER w/ a clear CT Scan and, other than a knot on the head, a healthy baby girl! Mama has been very paranoid ever since, and Michaela seems to be a little accident prone, but she has not shown any ill signs!
Check out the snazzy outfit Michaela put together the other day!
Michaela decided she needed to fix her hair.
Trying to wet down the flyaways!
Hmm, not quite there, yet.
Let's try some soap w/ that water.
"You look marvelous, darling!"
What do you think, Mama?
So much fun playing in the bathroom!
The last day of Farm Camp for Hunter. We were running late and the other kids voted to hike to the creek. 'Miss' Lisa was tending to animals, so Michaela and I hung out w/ Hunter for a while.
Poor kid!
You can see he quickly got over it!
Michaela chasing down the doggies, as usual!
Don't know if you can tell what is going on in this pic. One of the other campers (keep forgetting to ask Hunter her name) stayed behind since she had blisters on her feet. Here, she is chasing Rosie the Piggy out of the little pool. Rosie kept trying to get in! The mud on her little snout kept clogging up the filter.
A Michaela-size puppy.
Hunter trying to figure out if he can get this tractor going.
Rosie evidently didn't think I was paying enough attention to her. She kept walking between my legs and rubbing against me like a cat. I wouldn't have minded so much if she hadn't just been playing in the mud! Needless to say, I had to go home and change before my meeting in Starkville.
"Go, Hunter, Go!"
"I can't see through all this mud!"
"Hunter! Michaela!" 'Miss' Lisa had a surprise for them!
Someone out cutting hay almost ran over this baby deer! =-( They brought it to 'Miss' Lisa. I believe by Friday it was 8 or 9 days old.
Michaela says, "I want to feed the baby deer, too!"
Michaela said, "I fed the baby deer baby milk!"
Michaela wasn't sure about the baby deer 'kissing' her!
Michaela cried when it was time for the deer to go back inside - some of the dogs were eyeing her! Uh-oh!
'Miss' Lisa invited me to bring Michaela's swim suit in the afternoon when we came to pick Hunter up.
She's still talking about "I fell on the slide and hit my head. It was scawy (scary)! Doctow (dr.) took a pictuwe (picture) of my head! It was scawy!" As you can see here, though, it isn't keeping her from the big pool!
Just realized I took more pictures of Michaela on Friday than of my camper, Hunter. Oops!
Hunter w/ new friends at camp.
Michaela loved the little playhouse.
The kids did a craft every day. Thursday was a burnt matchsticks plaque. Can you tell Hunter's was a tree and two dogs? Daddy guessed an airplane. But knowing Hunter, you can't blame Allan for the mistake! LOL!
Michaela w/ a new shorter, cooler summer 'do.
Still lovin' the trampoline!
I remembered a camera the rest of the week! Wednesday - Michaela and I stayed for a short while in the morning. Rosie was looking for some affection from Michaela, but Michaela was eyeing the horses!
"Don't go!"
Hunter loved the trampoline!
And what's summer camp without tree climbing?
'Miss' Lisa Perkins, owner, showing Hunter how to back Princess up.
Here Ducky, Duckies!
"Wild Girl". Wednesday was "Pig Day". The kids learned all about pigs and even got to compete in a pig chase, chasing Wild Girl around the round pen. Hunter was so excited his team won and got the spirit stick!
Michaela got another turn Wednesday on Princess. She's still talking about "I rode the horse all by myself!"
Gotta love the dress w/ the boots!
Hunter giving Daddy the tour of the "Back 40 Petting Farm" when we came to pick him up after his first day of camp. Following, some of the animals Hunter will be studying this week.
Michaela wanted so badly to stay and ride horses, too. The camp is for kids 5 years and up. Parents can stay as much or as little as they want, but I wasn't up for chasing Michaela around a farm all day! She really missed Hunter.
2 month-old pot-bellied pig, Rosie.
Allan asked if there were any animals Hunter didn't like and he declared "Rosie!" because she knocked over his army men while he was playing with his friend! LOL!
Of course, Michaela loved all the doggies!
Curiosity killed the cat??????