Ouch!

Well, it happened. I got the first phone call from Andrew's teacher yesterday informing me that Andrew was hurt. Apparently, he fell while playing on the playground and bumped his head pretty hard. Ms. VanRees said he had a knot on his head and it was bleeding a little bit. She said Andrew was very upset and wasn't really calming down, so maybe a doctor should look at it. With Sam's lunch half-way heated in the microwave, I grabbed my keys and headed out the door. (I grabbed Sam too;) I might have been exceeded the speed limit on the way, but I was so anxious to see my Andrew. What if I had to take him to the doctor? How will I do that if he's still crying and Sam is with us too? Oh, and Sam's probably getting hungry seeing that I was preparing his lunch when I got the phone call. And nap time for Sam is in 30 minutes. He's gonna get cranky! Great, I'll have on cranky, whiny child and one who's crying for more legitimate reasons. I'm only one mommy. How am I going to do this? Red light. Come on, turn green already......turn GREEN!!! We made it to school (without a ticket) to find Andrew and his teacher waiting for us in the front office. A wave of calm came over me. Andrew had stopped crying, but his eyes remained were puffy and red. The knot on his head had gone down a bit and I couldn't even tell where the blood was. Whew!! No doctor needed. A little Tylenol and he's gonna make it. Needless to say, we made it home in time for Sam to have lunch and go down for a nap, giving mommy and Andrew a little quality time.
A day later and, aside from a little scab, Andrew is all better. In fact, as we pulled in to the school driveway this morning, Andrew said he wanted to go to the playground (he has never said this before). I guess all is forgotten and he is ready for another fun day at school!