A Day at the ER

On Wednesday Camden got her finger smashed in the back door of our house.  I cannot go into a lot of details about her injury because I will get sick and probably start crying again.  I have been keeping a little girl (Lola) through the summer so I had to load up 3 kids and head to the emergency room.  Thankfully they saw us fairly quick and Marvin arrived right before we were about to get processed.  Lola's mom came a few minutes later and I am thankful Lola was there because she helped me drag Neil up the steps to keep him from stopping to eat gravel. 

The ER doctor was wonderful and I would not have been able to stay there without his help.  We made the decision to sedate her and I am glad we did.  She didn't feel anything and when she woke up Nana was there with me waiting to see her.  If we had not sedated her they would have had to strap her down in a straight jacket then clean the finger and stitch it up (very traumatic for a 2 yr old).  She has several stitches and the whole top of her right thumb is pretty much gone, nail and all.  We have to change the bandage everyday and when it gets dirty or wet and that is horrible!  She never complains unless we are changing it and has been the best sport about this.

 Friends and family have been great, calling and stopping by with stuffLola brought her a Pillow Pet to prop her hand on, Rachel colored her a picture and brought her a stuffed rabbit, Chloe brought her a large tub of golden cherry tomatoes (which she ate all today), Nana and Pop Pop sent a fruit basket and balloons, and her Daddy took her to Wal-Mart tonight to get her a pet fish.  She has been asking for one for a while and I'm just glad it was a fish and not something larger.  She wanted a brown fish for some odd reason so we ended up with a very dingy looking male Beta.  His name is Brownie :)

                                    Brownie may not be much to look at but Camden loves him.