Have you ever felt like a bad mother???
Well, reality struck hard yesterday as I took my girls to the doctor. You see, with five kids, you never really know which injury to take seriously... You have to go through the weeding out of the whining, crying, being too tired, and if it's REAL pain process. And then you still wait so you can take the lump sum together for a group doctor visit! Otherwise, I would be making a visit every other week to some form of doctor - be it an
Opthamologist,
ENT, Orthopedic, or
Neuro Surgeon! So, yesterday was our day to go. You see, we had filled our quota of 3 certifiable medical reasons to make our way to see Dr.
Melahoures. I love his office because you can get just about anything done there. He has a hearing test booth, x-ray machine, eye exam area, and a mini lab all in one office. And he's not afraid to prescribe medication. It seems like I have to beg and plead any time I go to the pediatrician nowadays! (Does anyone else feel like this???)
Injury #1 - Last Friday night
Shera was carrying our dog, Sasha, down the stairs, slipped and fell down 4 steps, sliding down her back and jamming her shoulder. She cried a lot, but it was bed time and we crossed our fingers it would be fine in the morning. Now
Shera is a very sensitive little girl and yearns for the cuddle factor. So when she complained about her arm and shoulder over the weekend, we would love her up and she'd get out of doing her chores.
And then Sunday night came...
Injury # 2 - If any one knows our little Noel, then you are aware how she is the accident prone one in our family. Noel has cracked her skull in two places, has had countless sprains, knee injuries and stitches 3 times - but should have about 5 times (more neglect!). Apparently, she had a few bad falls on the slopes 3 weeks ago (no one told me about) and she has not been able to use her left hand.
Injury # 3 - This happened back in September. Noel's cute little hamster (NOT) bit her when she was trying to break up a fight with
Shera's hamster. It was a pretty nasty chomp on her right middle finger, but we put on good '
ol Neosporin and wrapped it up. A month later, it seemed okay except some funny bumps had appeared. Jeff, being the official squeezer in the family, took care of it and again, more
Neo. A week later, the skin started peeling around it. A rebirth of new skin? Okay, I'll accept that... But then she went and rubbed it up against an old wooden Cola crate and got a bunch of splinters in that exact spot. She pulled out what she could and put on
Neo again. A couple of days later, Noel told me that her finger had still been hurting and she thought there were some splinters in there festering. I took her to the dermatologist (she had some funny bumps and another rash on her skin which made 3) and they pulled out the rest of the splinters and gave her another ointment of some sort. We thought it was getting better by December, and then it took a turn for the worse - but we were out of town (major Dr. pain then) and so busy, we put it off until last Sunday night...
Sunday night: Noel shows me her finger - swollen, bright red, and little bumps on it. I told her it's time to go to the real Dr. now and we would do it in the morning.
Shera was holding her shoulder and asked "Can I go too?" How many kids ask to go to the doctor? Sigh...
Monday morning: Six x-rays later - no broken bones, but
Shera's in a sling for a week with no P.E. for 10 days. Noel has a brace on her wrist for 1-2 weeks. They were checked for diabetes because of how dry their skin is (it's fun getting poked! ) but luckily they didn't. They just have really dry, cracking hands and they need to put more lotion on. Noel is on antibiotics for her finger with a recheck on Thursday. The doctor scolded me and said she should have been on
meds right away. Her finger was so bad he had an x-ray done to see if the infection had gone to the bone. Luckily, it hadn't or he would have sent her to the hospital for an IV and up to a six week visit! Oh, and she may have permanent joint mobility issues too! So, for any of you moms who think you are not up to par - just think of me!!! P.S. Don't worry, I know I'm not a bad mom - sometimes I just feel like I am!!!
Here are Les
Invalides...
The other night we let Sasha and Heidi out in the backyard before bed for one last potty break. It was one of the really wet and rainy days, so they pretty much stayed on the patio. I guess the other little wild animals had the same idea because as I peeked outside to see how they were doing, I saw them playing with something. You know when dogs bat something around with their paws? Well, it was this poor sweet little finch!
I ran outside and pushed the dogs away! I picked it up and took it inside. It was still alive, so Holly got a warm towel and started prepping a little bed for it and took a couple of these photos. It was so soft and tiny in our hands. We could feel it breathing. And at one point it flapped its wings to try to fly away. But then it became still and passed away in our arms. We felt so bad for the little bird who used our home as a sanctuary, but then was betrayed by our little dogs...
BAD DOGS!!!
