Grateful
As you may ascertain via Exhibit A (right), my son is quite vivacious. So a fall at daycare yesterday wouldn't have been a big deal except it knocked him unconscious. As a parent, I doubt there's anything quite as harrowing as a call from daycare/school that something has happened to your child. Two and a half hours at the ER and a CT scan later and Micah is fine. But the emotional impact of the event is only sinking in today.
There are a lot of things about parenting that I'm not so sure about (e.g. what was I thinking?), but one thing I am: I love my child with a kind of ferocity that often takes me by surprise. It's all too easy to lose sight of amidst the whining and the complaining and the demanding and the potty training. But my kid is really, really, really awesome.
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Once I got such a call on my own Micah. Slightly different: He had been "twirling with scarves" and went flying into the cubbies. Gashed his head open and we have to rush to the emergency room to get him sewn up. Scary, but now a famous family lore story. He laughed while the doc was pushing the needle through his forehead multiple times. My conclusion: I fret too much as a parent--these kids are tough!
Posted by: Dan Myers | February 24, 2007 07:29 PM
Wow, Dan - if there had been blood involved I would have been even more beside myself! But you have a great point - I am quite certain that I worry more than reality necessitates!
Posted by: self | February 25, 2007 10:53 AM
Those calls from school/daycare raise blood pressures - that's for sure! I got a call last summer when Joe was on a field trip at Valleyfair - he had heatstroke. All ended up well, but the needle on the worry meter was off the charts!
Posted by: Angie | February 26, 2007 12:12 PM
You're right - your kid IS really awesome... Love my little nephew so much!!
Posted by: Erin | February 28, 2007 11:02 AM