Dramatic Day

DISCLAIMER: Long story following.  I want it written down, and this is the place I'm writing it!

Back before Christmas, we decided to meet some friends at the library for music time.  Afterwards I had three Christmas packages to mail.  There was a post office right next to the library...so after the music class, we ran back to the car to get the packages.  Deja wanted a piece of gum, at this post office they always give her a sucker...so I told her to just wait until after she had her sucker and then I'd get her a piece of gum.  With my arms fully loaded, with Krew and my packages...I kicked the car door shut with my foot...just as Dej reached in to get a piece of gum.  It was one of those slow motion moments...I looked down at her little tiny fingers stuck in the crack between the doors, but heard no scream.  I hoped that maybe they were so small that they didn't get shut in...but then she let out a whimper.  Poor baby girl.  Her two little fingers were completely shut in the door.  I hurried and dropped my packages to open the door...that's when she really started crying.  They were instantly Black and bleeding and one tip was already double in size.  I was worried that there might be fractures since they instantly swelled and discolored so fast...I tried to get Dej somewhat comfortable and Krew all buckled in his seat and then headed back home.  I called and talked to the nurse at our Dr. office.  Just as I pulled into our driveway she told me to take her into urgent care so I could get an x-ray.  So we did a big loop and pulled into our neighbor's driveway.  My plan was to see if she could watch Krew for me.  Well, of course, they were gone...out of town.  Not knowing who else to call really quick I just headed to urgent care (we've got one only a mile from our house).  Poor Dej was hurting and still crying.  When we got to the Dr. office and she saw where we were she started screaming.  We made quite the scene walking into the building as she continued screaming.  Luckily, there were alot of very nice nurses that helped me by holding Krew when I needed them to...and the Dr was so kind.  We ended up being there for 3 hours...and it was right during lunch time so Krew was hungry and grumpy....and the Dr gave us a granola bar from his own lunch.  

We got X-rays and didn't find any fractures...one nail was draining blood well, but the other wasn't.  So, they had to take a hot needle to her nail to get it to drain.  She was so brave...after we got into the building and sat down, she stopped crying and never let out another peep.  When they made the hole in her nail, I could tell it hurt and that she was trying really hard to not cry again.  I was so proud of her.  I keep asking her where she wanted to go after we were all done...I would go get anything....milkshakes, doughnuts, chicken nuggets, you name it.  All she wanted was her daddy to come get her and take her to 'munch'.  Unfortunately, her daddy was still five hours away...but fortunately, he was already making his way home that day. 

I'm hoping the lesson taken away from the day was to listen to mom (and dad) ...we still refer to her fingers daily, as a reminder of why we need to listen.

(after the initial hurt was over...I think she kind of liked the attention she got while showing everyone her fingers --we had our ward Christmas party that night, so she got to show all her friends--)

It's now the middle of January and she has lost both nails...we'll see how long we get to have the visual reminder....some days I think she's already completely forgotten about the drama that followed not listening!!