So when you err on the wrong side....

[d2vasquez]

Last Wednesday, got a call from the school - Hayley was stung in the face by a bee but was assured that she was fine. Could hear her screaming in the background so left work (crying of course) and picked up Hayley. Child was fine after eating her McDonald's Happy Meal mom bought to make her feel better. No complaints - just won't go near the trash cans at school for fear of getting stung again!

fast forward....

Monday, get another call from the school - Amy jammed her finger while trying to play basketball. I talk to Amy on the phone, she sounds fine. I ask her to go to Volleyball practice since she missed last week cuz of Hayley's bee sting. She comes home says finger hurts but spends the night playing Neopets on the computer.

Tuesday, I get another call from the school - Amy's finger is swollen and they suggested maybe I should take her to the doctor. Talked to Amy - she sounded fine and says can wait til I get home. Since I had a meeting to go to I went with Amy's statement even though in my gut I thought I should go get her. Pick her up after work - finger swollen, go to urgent care - 3 hours later we have had xrays and end up going home with finger splints and ace bandages with an arm splint to rest her hand in and a note from the doctor "No Sports for one week while the finger heals."

Sooooo sitting here thinking - "dang my mom radar was wrong on this one...." hate that! Anyone else go through that??? :(

[AmberC]

Darla, you know how I just had my daughter's tooth pulled. It was hurt about two months ago, and i kept telling myself it is getting more solid and more solid. I ckecked it nearly everyday, and finally I saw it had absessed (sp), so there was no choice. I cried the day I saw the puss blister, thinking I was such an awful mom for not taking her in to the dentist sooner, although I don't think the result would have been any different.

All we can expect is for us to do our best, and learn from our mistakes. We are only human afterall, and we do make mistakes. I'm sure Amy will be fine. :D

It happens. :D

Hugs though!! Sounds like you've had a rough lil bit!!

[sanstanton]

Don't feel bad! We all have moments like that! My poor girl with both bones of her forearm fractured... I was so certain it wasn't broken that we waited until the next afternoon to get an Xray, AND we stopped for lunch first! You just can't judge based on the reaction of the child to the injury, and we often can't predict or judge their level of pain. Go easy on yourself, Mama! Those girls are lucky to have you!

[jennamelia]

We're all in good company! My baby boy broke his leg yesterday. When I called the Doctors office the nurse said to put an Ace bandage on and ice it... but I said- well, I have good insurance, so let's Xray it and be sure. I'm so glad I did. It would have been crummy to have waited.

[AngelinaS]

Uggh, Darla, it happens. It just happens. None of us is perfect and can predict every little thing. It doesn't help to beat ourselves up over it. I had a severe, life-threatening heart condition for all of my childhood. (I had two surgeries at the age of 21). Until I was 17 and had an attack at school and I actually went to the nurse, my mom had no idea. I'd tell her my heart was beating fast and she'd say, "You must have been carrying on too much. Go take a rest." How many nights was I sure I was going to die in my sleep when I was a kid? And my mom just didn't get it. And, it wasn't her fault. She just truly had no clue, and I had no way to express what was really wrong to her. She thought I was a mental case, I think, lol. It really wasn't her fault. We're not given all the information we need, as parents, to make perfect decisions, all the time. I never held resentment that she and my dad didn't know. Now, just think of how much milder Amy's finger looks compared to THAT! LOL!

Amy is going to be just fine now. You do the best you know how. And when you know better, you do better. (I think that's a loosely paraphrased Maya Angelou quote).

[pbumbaca]

Like Angelina says no one is perfect and we all make mistakes Darla. If we were perfect man what a boring world we would live in eh? Don't torture yourself too much, there will be so many many more times when you will be Perfect! :)