4 Years and 2 Months

Well we made it Four Years and Two months without an emergency room visit for the KIDS (Ken had his trip in the summer!). I think 4 years and two months is a pretty long time with all the acrobatics that kids do. Anyway, Emma-Grace was in her and Anna's room opening and closing her closet door and she must have rolled over her big toe, as the door is a sliding door... she sliced it right open! I was putting away clothes right next to her and the next thing I know she is screaming and blood is shooting everywhere from her toe. Anna was napping in my room and Ken was working outside. I run and grab a towel, dripping blood all over the carpet yelling for Ken. He comes in and we call my aunt who lives down the street from us. Meanwhile Anna is crying because she was woken up from a serious nap from Emma-Grace crying and me yelling for Ken. So my aunt arrives and we whisk Emma-Grace to the hospital, dripping blood all over the house on our way out. We felt bad for Anna because she was all confused after waking up from a nap, but thankfully the lure of making cookies with my Aunt settled her down.

Good advice from our friends: If you ever have to take your kid to the emergency room, don't make them stop crying. Nothing will get you faster through the emergency room than a screaming kid.

Although hectic, I was able to recall their advice. Thankfully, Emma-Grace is of the age that she screams at ALL people she doesn't know, so our simple entry into the emergency room escalated her to full alarm. True to what our friends said, I stood in the entry no more than 5 seconds and we were taken back, registered, checked in, and ushered to a room. Less than 10 mins later, Emma-Grace's toe was glued beck together and we were getting discharged (with Emma-Grace screaming the entire time). On our way home, I was telling Ken how much blood there was and how I was sure that there was a lot that we would have to clean up. I guess my adrenaline kicked in, because when we got home, there was only three drops on the carpet and some smudges on the kitchen floor.

Funny note, when we picked up Anna from my Aunt's house she asked me what was the "new red colors on the floor..."

We are all fine now... (sorry, no pics of the event). We ran out of the house with no coats, no diaper bag and Emma-Grace was barefoot. I did not remember the camera.