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31-10-2013 22:18
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gatchamarie
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Hope your teeth are all brushed well, by now, especially yours, Springie!! I'm so glad to hear that you were able to enjoy Halloween despite the bad timing, and I also hope that the visits to the vet have diminished, if not hopefully ended.
Halloween has not boomed to its full potential in our country, but as years go by, the trend is getting bigger at a large pace!
Unfortunately, we couldn't join the increasing fun, this year, as my son was admitted to hospital the Wednesday before, and we had to stay there for three, sleepless days. He ended up with a badly broken arm and with multiple bone fractures just during the last five minutes of a football game he was playing. Thanks God that I were there at the time of the accident, as I have been able to rush him to the emergency unit without any delay! I kind of am a bit proud of myself for not having fainted instead at the sight of his arm twisting out of shape, and his flesh being sucked into the cavity of the collapsed bone! At first, I thought that they would just have had his arm plastered and send him home after that, but it turned out that they had to put him under general anesthesia in order to jolt it into place. Thankfully, no wires were needed! After another overnight stay at the hospital, following the procedure, he was finally sent home with a full plastered arm, starting from under his armpit downwards, and with his major bone not having been straightened to the right point, yet! Another two weeks in full plaster, then another two in half plaster, and then we'll see!
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09-11-2013 16:38
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gatchamarie
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Many thanks for all your kind and comforting words, guys! I appreciate a lot!
TJ ... oh, yes ... I do remember, and I also do remember how rightfully worried you have also been! I always say that it's better if things were to happen to me instead of seeing them happening to my kids ... I think that's what being a Mum means ... but, I'm always thankful that, when they do happen, they'd be things which could be mended, as I cannot imagine anything else, especially when hearing so many, heartbreaking stories happening around us! I try to be the best I can for them, but then I'm always saying that I could do or could have done more! You've also hit the nail on its head with your last comment, as when my son had come to know that he had to stay at the hospital for the night, him always being scared of needles and of being left alone, the first thing that he told me when I had assured him that I'd definitely stay by his side the whole time was a hearty, teary "Thank you, Mum!"!
Springie ... oh, gosh! I can imagine how much scary that scene of your daughter should have been, especially at such a tender age! You never know how kids could hurt themselves, couldn't you?! LOL ... I thought I could have gotten used to seeing such things, as around two years ago my same son had also broken his shoulder whilst playing! But, I think I was wrong! Seeing such things is never a joyful ride!
Becky ... before the accident had taken place, all us parents were a bit uncomfortable with the idea of our coaches having made our kids play with a team of a foreign club composed of players who were all around two years older than ours. My son is already of a small build, but two years can make a lot of difference, too! The advantage that my son has is his agility, though, and that he's left handed (he fortunately broke his right!), having the ability to use better his left part of his body together with his right part when playing football. In fact, they were really playing a good game, albeit the age difference, and my son had been going up and down the ground incessantly, his coach usually allocating him as a left winger, using him both for attack and defense when needed. What happened was this ... as my son tried an efficient but fair tackle to take the ball from the biggest boy of the other team, this other boy fell over him with all his weight, hence crushing my son's arm! Believe me if I tell you that, amongst the whole turmoil a football ground could have, the only thing that I heard was my son's excrutiating shriek, which cut through my heart! Then I saw the way his arm had twisted under him, and that was it! When at hospital, my son told me that what had hurt him the most had been the other boy's attitude ... when he saw my son crying with pain next to him, instead of helping or comforting him, he told him that he shouldn't have tried to take the ball away from him and that he deserved it and walked away! Can you imagine the attitude! If I had known this before I really don't know what I could have done! That, and the way in which I had seen the scene unfolding, made us think that it had been done on purpose! I'm still a bit angry .... I cannot imagine or tolerate such attitude, and then from an eleven-year-old boy!
EW, RB, and CW ... thanks! I think the wooziness came out afterwards, as I've not been feeling well ever since we returned home! Well ... I've already been dealing with one of my bouts before this happened, so I think that after the adrenaline rush to be there for him, and after being in that horrible place called "hospital" for the nth time, everything took the toll over me! In fact, I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I have had the chance to try and catch up with you all, since I cannot stay without you :p , when yesterday I had to stay some time in bed, something which ticks me off a bit, as I don't like bed a lot during day time! At least, I could enjoy your company once again! You're all true and precious friends!
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10-11-2013 11:21
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"The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." -- Blaise Pascal 
Playing darts with the Condor's feather shuriken... 
