Sara in hospital

We just got back from Cook's Children's hospital. Yesterday evening, the girls were next door talking to the neighbor boy. Suddenly he decided to swing his "real" golf club...too bad it wasn't a toy...and cracked Sara smack in the head. Ruth came in saying that I might want to come see because Sara was hurt...she was not panicked so I wasn't, until I saw her. I asked if she was OK, and she said yes, but she was doubled over in pain and crying hysterically.

I brought her home, then had to run a 2 minute errand. She was in our bed, dizzy and wanting to sleep with a huge knot on her left temple.....so off to our hospital we went.

We did not wait too long before we got a CT scan and was told that she had a brain bleed and a cracked skull and we were then very quickly in the ambulance for the children's hospital in Ft. Worth. Sara thought the ride was cool. Once there she was checked again and we waited in emergency for a room. The streak across her cheek is from the shaft of the club.

We finally got a room around 12 #313. Once settled the nurse took us to hunt for some food since Sara did not have much dinner. Then the medicine and since it is a children's hospital, it came in liquid form....two syringes full. WELL, one went in, but they forgot to tell her to put her lips around the syringe as she pushed the plunger, so she pushed fast and she got some, and some flew back on the nurse, on me and around the room. Then she was desperate for water and was laughing so hard, she spit it all over me, which just made us all laugh harder, then came the vomiting :( Needless to say, the second syringe went into the trash....not even worth trying.

Then Sara was hooked to a heart monitor and we tried to sleep. She slept fairly well, but being a mom, I did not and her monitor kept going off. Finally they turned the beeping off around 4:30 so I finally got some sleep.

This morning she finally got breakfast to find that her jaw hurt so much, she can not chew...back to cutting food into really small pieces. Then another cat scan and it showed that the bleed was not getting larger...good news.

bad news-no physical activity for one month-of any kind. This includes the last soccer game, soccer camp, volleyball camp, recess, gymnastics, swimming.....nothing. As you all know, this will be hard for Sara, and harder for me to listen to her complain about it for a month.

We will go back to the children's hospital in one month to meet with the neurologist for another cat scan and if it all goes well, she will be free from eternal boredom.

Later this evening when I went to let the family know that Sara was home and how she was doing, I had to leave a message with the little girl because mom was taking a nap, not knowing that the dad was in the room watching TV.

About 20 minutes later, there is a knock at the door and it is the dad. He said that after I left, his son got a funny look on his face and said dad, there was a little accident yesterday with the golf club. I filled him in on the details and I felt so bad when the dad began to cry. I know he honestly felt horrible and even worse that his son did not tell him...

About 30 minutes later, both parents and a very upset 13 year old came to the door to apologize. I know that it was an accident and there are times when we do things without thinking...part of growing up and learning. I just wanted to make sure that he be more careful when he swings and makes sure that no one is around.....my heart broke for him because I know he was sorry......He wanted to apologize to Sara, but she would not come down because her face is so swollen and you can see where the pole smacked across her fact, the putting part is what took out her skull.

So, now it is late, we are very tired, Sara is hurting, especially if she eats or laughs.....to bed soon. Ruth is spending a night with a friend.....a break for her from this emotional time....