Caitlyn Goes to the ER! Yikes!

Posted by Shawna at 7:05 PM



Sweet Caitlyn Grace  had to go to the emergency room last night.  Coopie accidently closed her finger in the bathroom door.  When I heard her cry I knew instantly that something was wrong.  He had managed to close the door with her pinky finger at the back part of the door near the hinge.  When I opened the door and got her finger out it was so mangled looking I was just sure that she was going to loose at least part of it.  I screamed, blood was dripping and Cade was screaming.  It was an intense few minutes as I tried to gather my thoughts and decide what must be done first.  Tim, unfortunately, was out of town so I was "flying" solo.  I called Mike and Judy left a message for them and then got my sweet neighbor Tammy and her daughter Becca to come over and stay with the kids while I took Caitlyn to the ER at Children's Hospital.  

As we were headed out I called my sweet friend Candice who is a Plastics resident at OU to ask her what I should do if she needed surgery.  She was so awesome and calming she called the person who was on call that night for me and even left a wedding she was attending to meet us at the ER and make sure everything was taken care of.  She was incredible!!!  My sweet friend Peggy and her husband Todd also came up to the hospital to make sure everything was okay.  Peggy even traded out cell phone batteries with me since mine died halfway into the ordeal. God is so good to me!  Instead of being alone at the ER God brought just the right people to help me navigate the situation.  Thank you Lord.  

X-rays revealed that Caitlyn had broken the tip of her finger (not crushed) and they were able to fix her finger in the ER with two stitches.  One stitch for the open gash and one to try and get the nail, which was ripped from the nail bed, to stay put under the skin.  Dr. Smith was the Ortho doctor on call and he did a great job.  

Caitlyn and I left the ER at about 3 a.m. thankful for incredible care and the Lord's provision and protection once again for the Fun Team.  Did I also mention that our car didn't get towed, which was a miracle because I was parked illegally from about 8:30 p.m. until 3 a.m.  Again, Thank you Lord!  When I got home I found Grandma Judy in her cute pink jammies settling in for the night!  I'm so thankful for Mike and Judy I don't know what I'd do without them.

Caitlyn did great today.  She is such an angel baby!  The thick bandages on her arm never even phased her.  She is crawling around like a champ and acting like nothing is wrong at all.  Kids are so resilient.   It is amazing how when you have a hurt child nothing else in the world matters.  It really does give you great perspective as to what is most important in life.  As long as we love Jesus and have our families everything else is insignificant.

Hug your kids tighter tonight!

Love, Shawna

 

3 comments:

Natalie K said...

I can't get over how much she looks like Cader in these pictures. She such an angel and sounds like an amazing little girl in this whole crazy ordeal. Give her a big squeeze for aunt Nat!

February 8, 2009 at 2:17 AM  

Shannon said...

Poor little Caitlyn. Tatum will be so sad to hear about this, she thinks she is her pretend big sister. I don't look forward to the day I'm in the ER, I'm sure Cross will get me there.

February 8, 2009 at 1:08 PM  

Lindsay said...

Shannon just showed me your blog! I love it! Now I can keep up with the fun team! I hope to see everyone soon. Send everyone my love.

February 8, 2009 at 7:15 PM  

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