Leave it to me to have an emergency while T.C. is out out town AGAIN! Oh, we go way back with luck like this...be it being attacked by a neighbors cat and requiring stiches in the face when Ali was 4 or a major case of poison ivy that required steroids when she was 7 or 8. Yeah, accidents always seem to find us when we are "daddyless" for a while. Well, today was equally as bad...if not worse. Ali had been complaining of headaches and sinus pain and congestion for a couple of days. She woke in the middle of the night last night crying with a fever and pain. Well, I got her medicated and finally she fell back to sleep after an hour or so. Mommy thought all was well........until morning hit. I got her up to get ready for sewing camp and all seemed fine. She dressed, ate breakfast, and came upstairs to finish getting ready to leave. She called me in her room to help with something and all of a sudden she said "oh my stomach hurts so bad" and then down she went. I had no idea what was happening. She went completely limp and unresponsive. Since I was not holding onto her, she hit her head pretty hard on her dresser on the way down. What does a mom do...she calls 911. Finally while talking to 911 she started to come around, but remained a bit out of it for a while. The paramedics came in and checked her vitals and sugar level. All seemed ok. They said they could either take her to the ER or I could take her. So, I opted to do the driving...but wanted to take her to her pediatrician instead. While doing her hair a few minutes later the same thing started to happen...stomach hurting, turned white as a ghost, and couldn't stand. She asked to sit down and I just kept talking to her to force her to talk to me. I made her drink a lot of water and after a few minutes she was a little better. I called a friend that has a young adult son and the two of them came over and he carried Ali to the van. My friend rode with me to the peds clinic as to help watch Ali while I drove. They did an EKG on her and it seemed fine...she also did a lot of hand/eye coordination tests, etc. She thinks that her body was trying to fight a virus and it just reacted in this way. To say I was a nervous wreck is an understatement. She is now having a lot of pain in her neck from the fall. We hope it will feel better in the morning. T.C. did this same thing on the airplane when we were flying down her to house hunt in Dec. He had a stomach bug and he fainted several times on the airplane.....again, scared me to death. He and Ali looked exactly alike when it happened...turned the same color! Like father like daughter I suppose.
On a more positive note...Ali attended a sewing camp this week. She LOVED it. They made a bag and a windsock to hang outside. I will post pictures of her sewing treasures. She was disappointed that she couldn't finish out the camp this morning. But, we were able to stop by and pick up her things later today.
Her swim team won their meet last Sat. That is BIG news around here bacause that had not happened in several years. It isn't that they are a terrible team, they are just MUCH smaller than the other teams. Last week they happened to swim against another small team and beat them. Everyone was so proud of them. They had a "fun day" on Monday with inflatable waterslides and free time in the pool. She hopes to be able to swim in the meet on Sat. If her neck doesn't improve, it might be a little difficult. We will see how she does at practice in the morning.
T.C. comes home a week from tomorrow (the 15th). YIPPY!! We are so ready...no we are more than ready. He has been in Florida all week on a "fake deployment". He has not enjoyed it..to put it mildly. Think about it...Florida heat in a non air conditioned cabin. Ummm..not my idea of fun. He is ready to get back to his hotel room in Alabama.
Until next time...I leave you with a few pictures of Ali's sewing and her last swim meet.
Oh yes, we are officially flying to Ukraine on July 9th. I finally got over my commitment issues and nailed down some airline tickets. Yahooooo!!
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Of course this happened while I'm gone. Things ALWAYS happen while I'm gone. We score 100% in major calamities when I'm away from home...sorry! I love you two and can't wait to be home next week!!
Oh yeah...BTW, I am VERY glad to be back in my air-conditioned hotel room in Montgomery versus my hootch at Tyndall, grin!
you guys are hilarious!! ali, you have got to stop doing this sort of thing to your mother, you have no idea how horrible it feels to watch your baby get hurt and be unable to do ANYTHING!! and come on TC, AC in alabama, you are so air force!!
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