Drip Drop, Drip Drop...

Around 6pm, I hear drip drop, drip drop coming from the bathroom.  I had taken a shower and just finished giving Kyle a bath.  I went into the bathroom to check it out and I look up to see water dripping from our ceiling!  Then I remembered just as I was leaving the bathroom after giving Kyle a bath, I heard a big "whoosh" sound, like a toilet flushing or a dishwasher running upstairs.  It sounds like water gushing! 

As I am trying to find the number to "emergency maintenance" pager for our complex (since it's after business hours), I am worrying and freaking out about what is causing the whole mess.  Of course I can't find the paper with the information.  I gave Shannon the main office number and the recording had the pager number for us to call.  Shannon called the number and left our phone number for them to call us back.  Thankfully they called back within 2 minutes or so.  They told us they would be here in half an hour.

I just hope this can be fixed quickly without us having to stay elsewhere. 

Kyle got mail!

When we got home from the ER, Shannon looked at our mail pile and said, "Kyle got mail!" Kyle's teacher sent him a "get well" card and signed it with all the kids' names!

Here's the front of the card:


Here's the inside of the card:



The card reads: when you're not well, my tail won't wag.

The message reads ~

Dear Kyle,
We hope you are feeling much better. Preschool just isn't the same without you.
Love,
Ms. Pam and Ms. Crystal

ER Visit and Out of School

We ended up going to the ER yesterday. Some of Kyle's stitches had come out! We waited an hour in the waiting room and then another hour in the exam room. While we were in there, we played with Kyle and entertained him. We even gave him plastic gloves to play with, which he loved!

After an hour, we were finally seen! The nurse practitioner did apologize for the wait, which we understood. He said they were getting backed up and there were two ambulances waiting outside. The Nurse Practitioner decided to put tape over his stitches and reminded us to keep applying neosporin. Our visit could have been a 10 minute visit had they sent a doctor or nurse in sooner! It sounds like they are making changes to how they do things in the ER.

We still have to go back on Wednesday to get Kyle's stitches removed! We are keeping Kyle out of school all this week until Friday!

6 Stitches and 2 1/2 hours later

At around 9:47 AM, we received a call from Kyle's teacher saying that his chin was "busted open" and that he may need stitches. She reassured me that he was "okay" and calm. He cried a little bit. The teacher brought him to the office and she was waiting there with him when we picked him up. He wasn't crying and he was sitting so calm and quiet. She told us how he got hurt. She said he was playing with a tricycle and a girl wanted to play on it so she decided to PUSH him off of it! So he must have ended up falling down on his chin. I was a little upset at the child and I HOPE they let her know that it wasn't right at all! We walked back with Kyle's teacher to the classroom to get his jacket and backpack.

We took him to the Emergency Room of the hospital. After we checked in at the ER desk, we were brought into the back and they checked his temperature and weighed him. Soon after, we were taken to an exam room. We were so surprised we were put in a room so fast. They gave him some medicine that helps relax and calm him. It made him a little tired and seem to relax his muscles. Then they had to numb his chin. The doctor gave him 6 stitches. By then he was happy as can be and wasn't feeling a thing! We spent about 2 1/2 hours there. Shannon had to carry him to the car because he couldn't walk, and he had to carry him into the car and set him in his booster seat.

We have to go back to the ER in 5 days to have the stitches taken out, which would be next Wednesday. Shannon and I decided to keep him out of school on Monday and Wednesday of next week. I called his teacher to let her know and I also gave her a little update on how the ER trip went. I also asked her to let the bus driver know that Kyle won't be going to school on Monday or Wednesday.

So that's our Friday! Let the weekend begin!