In the Spring of 2009, Joe had just got a new job. He had some training meetings up in SLC. At the time we only had one car. B, our friend with downs syndrome, lived with us. He had been having issues that day. He was threatening to run away, so I slept in the living room on the couch to monitor the door. As he got up twice to leave the house, I was awake enough to catch him both times. Unrelated... at about 4 in the morning, Kamryn starting crying like she was hurt, so I run to see what was the matter and she had fallen off the bed. When I picked her up, her head was bleeding like crazy...mind you I didn't have a car! ...so, I cleaned it up and wrapped this bandage around her head. I called my sister, bless her heart, at 4 am! She told me she would come get us if I thought it were bad enough. She mostly just comforted me. So of course I couldn't go back to sleep as I worried about her.
So with my lack of sleep, Dexter,9 years old, was also very concerned. He offered to stay home from school to help me. What a sweet heart. The day went pretty good, I kept a close eye on Kam all day, but as you can see in the picture, she was totally fine!
When B got home from work, and was all worked up... I went to his room to console him, then I hear another crash and crying...I go in and Kam has fallen off a stool now and has a HUGE shiner on her eye...I was at my ropes end! I was so grateful Dex had stayed home, so he could watch the baby!! I grabbed her and ran to my neighbors house, whose husband is a doctor, who must have totally thought I was nuts...I was bawling and didn't know what to do..She told me to watch for throwing up and other signs of concussion...feeling much better, I go home to find...B, GONE!! He ran away..I had no car! So I hoof it, and it wasn't far, but I could not convince him to come home. He had a bad day at work, and wouldn't let it go...about an hour sitting next to him on the curb. I finally got him to walk home with me!
And that my friends, was my Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad day! Not a day I like to remember, but definitely a day I will never forget!
4 comments:
Holy cow! That was a bad day. If I had been there I could have helped - for sure with B who I miss very much. Is he not living with you anymore?
GOOD GRIEF DANI..AND WHAT A SWEET DEXTER TO HELP YOU OUT.
WOW!~ Definately a bad day!! You are amazing my friend!!
you are superwoman! some of us could never survive a day like that!
i had no idea you had a blog! i am going to come back AGAIN and AGAIN to see how my long lost cousins are doing.
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