Today we had our first visit to an international hospital....... Yes S cut her litttle tiny pinky finger on a can from the garbage..... How you ask? well, as you know with twins anything is possible. I was making dinner , we still only have 1 pot and no microwave so cooking is a bit of a challenge I have been using canned green beans. I opened them put them in the pan and threw the can away. P being the industrous boy he is went fished it out and and handed it to his sister ( he often likes to help her take the wrap for his ideas) Because he saw me coming to take it away and in the 10 steps to them she stuck her fingers in and pulled out the lid slicing open her finger..... Blood everywhere...... P is crying S is crying and H is being so helpful in recounting the story for me....despite the fact I witnessed the whole thing..... 6 paper towels later her little pinky finger was still bleeding.... despite my best efforts and her two older brothers T & H playing out a scene. They were bickering over whether she would loose her finger, how much blood she had and would it run out, and could we take pictures..... Boys :)....... oh and meanwhile P is dragging out paper ,crayons, and anything else to bring to her..... while the spagetti was boiling over on the stove. I mean could it have been any crazier. Thankfully a wonderful nieghbor drove us to the hospital. Thank you Jessica in Germany !!!! Sam came home to blood all over kids going crazy and me racing out the door. If you haven't been to a German hospital.... they have 6-7 different Emergency rooms that are specific to your ailment ( thank goodness they have pictures) It is very quiet... S mind you was cool calm and quiet the whole time what a trooper. The Doctor saw us right away. Of course he spoke German...and alittle English. I had along the hospital booklet they gave us at orientation on common hospital phrases in 5 languages. I must have looked really funny flipping through the pages trying to understand the Doctor. They give you questions but, no words to answer so it is even funnier. They were very direct and he put stuff on her bandaged her and sent us on our way in less than 10 minutes. The cut was on the underside of the joint so no stitches just this glue stuff and a bandage. I had one funny moment I was trying to ask about stitches and I was pointing out that in her cut WARNING GRAPHIC>>>> you could see her fat cells from her finger... try that with a language barrier! He must have thought I was asking what it was because he said to me " no worries it is feet"..... I had to stifle a laugh that S has feet in her finger..... Of course I knew what he meant and I am sure when I say things in German I am just as funny. S snacked the whole time at the hospital and was fine. When we came home all the boys were anxious to see her finger. S now holds not only the record for being the youngest to go to the ER ( she was 3 weeks old) She now holds it for the most number of trips ( 4 total) and now she has the crown for doing it in a foriegn country. Sam teases me all the time that she inherited my clumsiness...which is slightly true but 3 of the 4 visits were related to injuries she aquired with the help of her brothers. I thought I was supose to be in the ER with the boys more not my girl? I am happy to report that S is fine and after 3 days her bandage will come off..and I'm sure her "feet" in her finger will be fine.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Drama, Drama, Drama....
Today we had our first visit to an international hospital....... Yes S cut her litttle tiny pinky finger on a can from the garbage..... How you ask? well, as you know with twins anything is possible. I was making dinner , we still only have 1 pot and no microwave so cooking is a bit of a challenge I have been using canned green beans. I opened them put them in the pan and threw the can away. P being the industrous boy he is went fished it out and and handed it to his sister ( he often likes to help her take the wrap for his ideas) Because he saw me coming to take it away and in the 10 steps to them she stuck her fingers in and pulled out the lid slicing open her finger..... Blood everywhere...... P is crying S is crying and H is being so helpful in recounting the story for me....despite the fact I witnessed the whole thing..... 6 paper towels later her little pinky finger was still bleeding.... despite my best efforts and her two older brothers T & H playing out a scene. They were bickering over whether she would loose her finger, how much blood she had and would it run out, and could we take pictures..... Boys :)....... oh and meanwhile P is dragging out paper ,crayons, and anything else to bring to her..... while the spagetti was boiling over on the stove. I mean could it have been any crazier. Thankfully a wonderful nieghbor drove us to the hospital. Thank you Jessica in Germany !!!! Sam came home to blood all over kids going crazy and me racing out the door. If you haven't been to a German hospital.... they have 6-7 different Emergency rooms that are specific to your ailment ( thank goodness they have pictures) It is very quiet... S mind you was cool calm and quiet the whole time what a trooper. The Doctor saw us right away. Of course he spoke German...and alittle English. I had along the hospital booklet they gave us at orientation on common hospital phrases in 5 languages. I must have looked really funny flipping through the pages trying to understand the Doctor. They give you questions but, no words to answer so it is even funnier. They were very direct and he put stuff on her bandaged her and sent us on our way in less than 10 minutes. The cut was on the underside of the joint so no stitches just this glue stuff and a bandage. I had one funny moment I was trying to ask about stitches and I was pointing out that in her cut WARNING GRAPHIC>>>> you could see her fat cells from her finger... try that with a language barrier! He must have thought I was asking what it was because he said to me " no worries it is feet"..... I had to stifle a laugh that S has feet in her finger..... Of course I knew what he meant and I am sure when I say things in German I am just as funny. S snacked the whole time at the hospital and was fine. When we came home all the boys were anxious to see her finger. S now holds not only the record for being the youngest to go to the ER ( she was 3 weeks old) She now holds it for the most number of trips ( 4 total) and now she has the crown for doing it in a foriegn country. Sam teases me all the time that she inherited my clumsiness...which is slightly true but 3 of the 4 visits were related to injuries she aquired with the help of her brothers. I thought I was supose to be in the ER with the boys more not my girl? I am happy to report that S is fine and after 3 days her bandage will come off..and I'm sure her "feet" in her finger will be fine.
Oh Heather,
ReplyDeleteLife as a mom is never dull. And I"m sure that having twins makes it even more exciting!! Aren't there days when you wish you could disappear for just a few moments and come back to a new scene, kinda like in that movie, "Click" with Adam Sandler...I'd love to fast forward through some of my days, but then I guess I'd miss that moment when all you can do is laugh and check your sanity that seems to disappear when your raising kids!!!
Love the story, keep them coming. It's nice to hear that I'm not alone in my daily drama...