My Dad...

Last Sunday shook my safe little world as I once knew it.
My Dad and my Uncle went to a country store about ten minutes from his home. He went to get out of the car and an elderly lady was backing up her car, instead of braking she accelerated her vehicle pinning my Dad.He was stuck between her car and the vehicle he was a passenger in.
This lady just kept accelerating and backing up, my Uncle and a passerby got her out of her car and rushed to my Dad's side.
He was then rushed to hospital, as some of you might know my Father was a Paramedic for 43 years and just recently retired. To be a patient was quite different for him.
He sustained very serious injuries to his legs, the left being the worst, he had some facial lacerations.
I was not prepared to see my Dad in the state he was in, vulnerable, full of pain, looking frail, bruised and cut up. I held it together until I left his side, I fell into pieces.
We are waiting to hear when he will have surgery on his left leg, they have already told us even after they repair it,it will never be the same.
This is hard.
My Dad was a very vital, active, young 65, he was full of life. My hope is this will not change his lifestyle.
I just wish I could trade places with him, so hard to see my hero in pain.......

Flu season has hit...

The flu season has hit us!
Jennifer woke this morning with flu symptoms, she is resting quietly for now. Just administered Gravol, going to give her a bit of Pedialyte to drink, hope this helps.
Hope you have a good Monday.

Trip to the E.R.

Last evening as I was cooking dinner, the girls were running through the upstairs playing with each other. They were getting a little rambunctious and were told by Mommy to calm down before someone gets hurt. I just got the words out of my mouth and Jillian rounded a corner and smacked dead on into a door jam.
I ran to find her gurgling blood, now I have encountered a lot of blood, cuts and just about anything you can think of in my past line of work, but when it's your own baby it's a whole different ballgame!!
I rushed her into the washroom, bent her over the sink and started rinsing her mouth out with water. I could see a cut on her lip, I applied pressure to the area and it's then I spotted the real emergency. Her front tooth was loose, very loose and hanging below it's neighbouring tooth at least a 1/4 of an inch.
Emergency calls were placed to the dentist, we were told to go to admitting at the Emerg and we would be seen by the resident Dentist. We walked in and were seen immediately, he took x-rays and decided not to pull the tooth, he didn't feel it was going to fall out on it's own and cause her to choke or asphyxiate in her sleep. He could see in the film she had a fracture and needed to be seen today by a pediatric dental specialist.
We have an emergency appointment today at 3pm, so how's your March break been??

On a happier note Jen is off on a big girl date with her Daddy to see a live performance of Mulan, Jill was supposed to go, we will make it up to her when she is well.

Update,
Well Jillian still has 2 front teeth, the right one was pushed up and the left one pushed out. The left one hangs about1/4 of an inch lower. It is very loose, the hopes are it will bond itself and not lose blood flow. They were very concerned about damage to the permanent teeth, it seems they looked unharmed on the many!! x-rays Jillian had to undergo.
We have another return appointment in 2 weeks, we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can keep the loose tooth!!

Crap.

Feeling like crap, dragged myself to the computer to check on the blogging world.
I seen my lovely header shrank, crap, too much to deal with today, turning off computer.
Flu has got a good hold on me. Couldn't visit anyone, maybe tomorrow....

The Flu..

This morning at 1 am, Jennifer turned on our bedroom light and told us her tummy got sick on her bed.
It's 3 am, I have settled her.....

Intruder in my house, we want you out!!!

In the deep darkness of night an intruder crept silently among us, infecting us with his deadly virulent spew. First Jillian woke to find it had attacked her, invaded her tiny body and left it's mark with a fever, cough and yucky (can't even go there)nose.
Not to pick favourites it mutated it's lovely , almost pretty self and attacked, yes a full frontal attack, on poor sleeping unarmed Jennifer.
Then it got over confident, cheeky, ballsy, down right nasty. It attacked me as I lay like sleeping beauty(LOL, okay, not so pretty!!), it ravaged me as I lay solo in my bed, it had the nerve to invade me while my Hubby was out of our bed working nights(I didn't even enjoy it, LOL). I was victimized by this invader, now I lay whining, achy, stuffy and my sinus are sure to explode(blowing it's unwelcomed family members into every nook and cranny of my home).
Okay, you have out stayed your welcome, time for you to go!! I have other guests to prepare for as the season is fast approaching me.
Out, out, out...

Under the weather

Jillian is under the weather, she is fevered, a chesty cough going on and is very lethargic.
This is very scary to watch my very!! active baby lay around , sleepy and fevered.
Yikes.....

Speedy recovery wishes..

My best friend H's Mom fell yesterday and fractured her hip.

Our family wishes Grandma F a very speedy recovery, hugs and kisses.