off to the ER

It was a week ago today ~ our little boy decided to jump off his foot board and broke his arm. We found out that he apparently does this often but sometimes he only gets hurt a little; this time he got hurt big!

The weather in Ashland had been crazy! We were used to tornado watches/warnings when we lived in Missouri ~ we lived through a tornado! When we moved to Ohio we thought we would be rid of the scare...WRONG!! We spent quite a bit of time in our basement with blankets spread out on the floor! It was turning out to be a long week!

Jason had off on Wednesday, so we just enjoyed being together the WHOLE day! The boys were in Zachary's room messing around and things were starting to get out of control. I just voiced to Jason that someone was gonna get hurt. I heard this screaming, but couldn't tell if it was laughing or crying. Jason was coming out of the kitchen as I was heading to the room. As we got closer, I could hear Dylan screaming, "He broke his arm! He broke his arm!". I was trying to figure out how he knew that Zachary broke his arm...until Zachary came to the door and I saw his precious, little arm just hanging, disfigured. Jason scooped him up and they headed to the ER. I was left with a hysterical Dylan ~ he was crying more than Zachary was! I tried to get him calmed down and then I went into "CLEAN" mode! Whenever I'm faced with a crisis or sick child, my first instinct is to go around and straighten up. I know this is crazy, but this is me! I called a very sweet friend and she rushed over to pick Dylan up so that I could be at the hospital with Zachary and Jason.

I got to the hospital and saw that little boy laying in that huge bed and my heart sunk...again! They were just getting ready to take him back to xray his, obviously, broken arm and he looked at me and started crying, "I'm sorry I broke my arm, Mommie!" I was doing everything in my power to keep the tears contained in front of my boy! It was only 2 months and 6 days before this that he broke his collarbone and he was apologizing for breaking that bone!! I was afraid that childrens services was going to be giving us a call about our care of Zachary!

Needless to say, they haven't called and Zachary is doing amazingly well! Swelling is completely gone and he has complained of nothing but the fact that he is frustrated having to do everything with his left hand!! Things have returned to normal...the boys are fighting again, the laundry still piles up and the dog still has to go out!!

Life with boys ~ I wouldn't want it any other way! Man I love them...all three of them!