Wow. Last Thursday was the Chicken Noodle Soup Supper and annual Talent Show at the Catholic School. In hindsight, I can now tell this story without getting a headache and feel the need to throw up……..no, the talent show wasn’t that bad. But the happenings made me glad that God invented wine. I present it to you with some humor, because if I didn’t, I would have to curl up in the fetal position and chant “Find a happy place, find a happy place” over and over again.
After a fun filled week with RSV, we bundled everyone into the car for an evening of noodle soup and watching the kids do their class skits. Totally adorable.
Quinn’s class did Jamba Lord in their jammies:
Cody did….I can’t remember the name because I am 41 now and have very few good years left ;*), but it was cute too:
Cory’s class did “Funky Town”. Here he is pretending to play the sax:
Mia wasn’t in the talent show, but she helped me put on our own rendition of “Super Freak” when she was slammed into the gym floor by another child and hit her head…….hard. I picked her up and patted her back (after all, I have done this hundreds of times over the years), then she surprised me by rolling her eyes into the back of her head and going limp.
I looked at her, lost my mind, and in the middle of the echo inducing gym, and the presence of over 200 DEVOUT Catholics, yelled in my most panic filled, shrill, I-am-a-freak, voice: “JESUS CHRIST, BILL!!” and ran to my husband. Talk about a show stopper. I think the only thing that might have been worse would have been “HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD”.
I am sure there were a few “There goes that jody2ms woman again”.
We flew outside, where Bill examined her and deemed her to be fine. After the bells stopped ringing in her head, she cried again and told us her head hurt. I was, by this time, reduced to a blubbering idiot. Bring on the valium, baby. Several people came outside to see if she was okay, and by that time, she was fine. One friend told Bill “All I can say is that when Jody pulled her back from her shoulder, the baby just looked….weird.” I added “Like she had brain damage”. Yes, that was it. She looked like she had brain damage. It was horrifying.
We watched her for 48 hours very closely, and she is perfectly Mia. No problems at all. Thank God, and I truly mean that.
These kids. All the worry. They are going to kill me.
Hi Chris. I might have shouted a few other choice words, but by that point I was in another place mentally. Like an out-of-body experience without the light to go to.
Ugh.
Oh my goodness, I think I would have shouted something MUCH MUCH worse.
Thank God she was okay. That is just so frightening.
Susie, we had something going on each day as well. Parent appreciation, teacher appreciation, talent show, pancake breakefast and open house, pastry for parents. It was fun.
Paula, no we are not Catholic, although there is so much about Catholicism that I can relate to. We are Lutheran (sort of). We just love the school and the fact that they are being taught about God as well as history and such. It is a wonderful school.
Lisa, LOLOLOL!!! Did you find the keys?
Misti, thanks for the hugs. It is so unbelievable how fast they can get hurt.
Jodi, yes! Wine and a non-panicing husband!
Belinda, We didn’t go to the hospital, although I was screaming that we should. My husband is a Physician Assistant, and much more calm than myself, so he checked her while I disintegrated in the background. Also, every physician in town was there. When she first hit her head, she did that silent cry thing, where you sit there going “Breathe, breathe”. Then when she started crying again, she went limp etc. Bill thinks she got a bit oxygen deprived and hence the limpness etc.
She was running laps around the house by 9pm. We kept her awake for hours, and she co-sleeps with us. I didn’t sleep all night. I just lay there watching her. The one thing that occured to me, was how fast things can happen.
It is just too dang scary when they hit their heads.
Now, Belinda, breathe, breathe.
Holy Crap! I’m glad you can look at the incident with humor now – that’s what makes us resiliant mommies – humor, oh, and wine.
Oh Good Gosh! Did you go to the hospital? Did you make her stay awake for hours in case she had a concussion? Did I miss these details by scanning too fast because once I got to the “eyes rolled back in her head” I couldn’t BREATHE??????
Poor Mia! And poor Jody! You had a rough week! Good thing that wine is organized so you know where to find it! LOL
Are you Catholic? Or is it just a good school? Just curious. I am Catholic, and believe me worse things have flown out of my mouth (but not at church–yet).
How scary! I’m glad she’s fine. If it makes you feel better, I was once reduced to the following in the church basement. “GodDammit Spencer, where’d you leave my keys?”
Jody,
How scary for you! Thank Goodness she’s OK! Our grandsons go to Catholic School too. One is in 1st grade and one is in 7th grade. They had Catholic Schools week last week. Friday was Family Lunch Day and their talent show! Guess it must be pretty standard no matter where they go to school. Did yours have mismatch day, twin day and red, white and blue day too?? There was something going every day of last week!
Susie
o my gosh, that is so scarey. two of my boys have suffered concusions
after hitting their head on a floor. It was so awful and 911 wass called one of those times.
I am so glad she is okay,whew!! Lots of hugs fo her and you/.