If you have ever read my previous posts you would remember my daughter and I have a very close bond unlike any other. I believe it is more than just parent child bonding as I also have a son whom I love more than life itself, however his sister and I are just closer and its not exactly describable.
Earlier this summer I got a message from my daughters boyfriend asking me to call immediately it was an emergency.
My heart dropped and I immediately called and was told that my baby was in an accident on a side by side and that she was being airlifted to the hospital. My babygirl was hurt! I immediately called for a ride as I don’t drive. The wait seemed to take a lifetime as I stood in the front yard of the building I lived in, waiting for my friend to arrive.
On the way there I got a call from the officer in charge of the incident and he told me there were already a bunch of people surrounding my babygirl and he didn’t get a close up look but from what he could see she was missing a fist size chunk of her arm. My firecracker of a little girl is the size of Thumbelina. I FIST SIZE chunk is like her entire upper arm.
Shortly after the call ended I got another call from the doctor who was in charge of examining my baby.He said there was a lot of packed dirt in her wounds that needed to be washed out and do they have permission to do so? And can they start now or should they wait for me to get there? Yes put her out and don’t wait for my arrival. Please help my baby immediately.
It seemed like forever before I got to see my baby and when I did it was horrifying to see her arm covered in dressinngs that were all bright red and seeing the smeers of blood on her sheets, just hearing her cies was heartwrenching.
We spent the next 2 weeks in the hospital. The date when my daughters life was forever altered was June29, my baby had her 17th birthday in the hospital. I have spent countless hours agonizing over the possible future she has lost because her ability to do anything has changed drastically. The first few weeks after the accident I could think of nothing else except what every second must have been like for her.
My question is to those parents who have been thru ordeals such as this, how do you stay positive for your child? How do you process this change and be able to find positivity in something so terrible and life changing? Can you offer any advice for her as well as myself? Please help us thru this.
Bromom 