June 7th, 2006
My beautiful daughter fell off our backyard playground yesterday and ended up in the pediatric intensive care unit with a nasty concussion. I spent last night in the hospital with her and it was terrifying. She lost motor function and didn’t know who I was.
But we’re home now, and she’s doing much better.
I’ll be watching her closely over the next 2-3 weeks for any lingering symptoms of head trauma. I hope there aren’t any. My poor baby. ;(
OMGoodness! How scary! Once she got over the initaila shock, you probably had way worse lingering emotional effects than she did. Thank goodness our kids are so resilient! I’m so glad to know that she is doing better now.
on June 12th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Oh my, Sylvia hugs for you both!! I can understand you wanting to get rid of the playground. I hope your little poppet recovers quickly and things get back to normal for you.
on June 9th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter’s fall! I pray that both of you are ok from it. I’d board it up too, and send it off.
on June 9th, 2006 at 9:55 am
Oh My Goodness, Sylvia!!
Glad to hear she is home and is doing much better. As a mom of three, I can sympathize with you and your idea of boarding up your playset. Yet, sometimes things happen so quick that there’s nothing you could have done to help. Don’t beat yourself up over i! You’re a great mom and you’re doing the best that you can!!
Sending many, many hugs and kisses to you and your daughter!!!
on June 9th, 2006 at 8:17 am
Oh, Sylvia, my stomach is tied up in knots reading this (we have 3 girls). I’m so glad your daughter is doing better! Hugs, and I hope she’s totally recovered very soon!
on June 8th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Sylvia, I hope she makes a speedy recovery. Poor baby!
on June 8th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
((Sylvia & daughter))), glad she’s back home now w/o any serious complications.
on June 8th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
I’m so sorry to hear what happened to your daughter! I’m so glad to hear she’s alright! Take care.
Cole
on June 8th, 2006 at 11:54 am
OMG Sylvia! How horrible! I’ll be sending good thoughts for you and your little one.
on June 8th, 2006 at 10:35 am
Oh, my goodness! How scary! I hope she continues to be OK. (((Hugs)))
on June 8th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Yikes! That must have been terrifying. *hugs* I’m glad she’s doing better.
on June 8th, 2006 at 9:12 am
So sorry to hear about this — thoughts and prayers and hope everything is better soon.
on June 8th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Thank you, everyone. ((hugs))
Karen, my hubby boarded up the playground immediately. We’re getting rid of it. The paramedic said, you can’t protect them from everything. I said, “Yeah. Well, I can protect her from that playground.” *shudder*
on June 8th, 2006 at 7:04 am
Poor baby. And poor mom. {{hugs}} for you both, and wishes for a speedy recovery.
We were looking at getting a backyard playset for our daughters birthday (she’ll be 4 on July 5th). Now I’m thinking maybe she’d like something a little less… scary. Mom scary. I got chills just reading your post; I’d be a mess if it happened to my baby.
More {{hugs}} and happy thoughts for you both.
on June 8th, 2006 at 6:58 am
Sylvia - I’m so sorry. Very happy to hear she’s doing better. what a yucky day. Best wishes to your entire family.
on June 8th, 2006 at 6:20 am