2011
He swallowed a nail last year. That was much more stressful. This time I felt more guilt than anything. I was at the grocery store when my husband called to say I had to come home. He didn’t say to rush and he’s such a dude that I couldn’t sense the urgency from his voice.
2012
I grabbed some milk and calmly checked out, calmly drove home, calmly walked in the door to find him whimpering in the chair. Then I tried to convince him he was fine and he didn’t need to go to urgent care. I jiggled his arm, wiggled his wrist and poked at his palm. Thank goodness my husband took him anyway. He said he could tell something was seriously wrong by his cry when it happened. He said it was a different kind of cry that he’ll never be able to forget.
He broke 2 bones in his wrist and he has to wear a cast. No Fall ball, no swimming, no showers, no water park and all this happened the day before school starts. I feel awful, so sincerely awful.
Kids will be kids and stuff happens, but moms feel guilty anyway.
Alex got an injury as a baby, which meant bandages and doctors appointments for weeks and no cuteness in the baby pools for the last half of summer. Oh, I feel you. At least he gets to show off a cool cast!
oof. That one must be so hard for you. It’s a good thing your husband is on your team. That is what they’re for, right?
Hugs to you all
Do not feel bad about this incident that happened.It is not like it was done on purpose and you did not want to help your child because you were scared.Sometimes the doctors,nurses,and social workers can make a situation bigger than it is.I know it is their job to assume what is best for the child initially,but making a parent feel horrible for something like this makes no sense at all. I am not sure if that happened to you or if that is what ran through your mind as it would have me when something like this happened. It is great that your husband knew something was wrong and stopped more damage from happening just from the parental instinct.The parent’s love and instinct for their child’s well being will always know when something is truly not normal in their child’s behavior.I enjoyed your story!