Memorial Day, 10am, Julia hit herself in the eye with a book - crying all day long, put her down for a nap at the usual time thinking the sleep would do her eye good - she got up at the usual time, and the bawling began again. So I called the ER to speak to a nurse to see if it was imperative that I bring her in to be evaluated - her eye itself looked fine, but she had been rubbing so much she had a good "bar brawl" shiner going on. Waited an hour and a half - no return call from nurse, so I took her into my clinic and stained her eye myself to check for a scratch - sure enough....there it was. Got her some human approved eye meds we use all the time and put them in. She was great the whole rest of the night and the next day. Her eye is fine now.
Today, she walked behind someone on a swing and got smacked in the head. Bloody nose, but all ended up being ok.
I feel so bad for her. The simplest task - picking up a book, walking behind a swing - things a "typical" 4 1/2 year old would do appropriately - she does not understand. And then she gets hurt.
My heart breaks for her often. How is someone supposed to be there 24/7 to protect her - whether at school, or at home, or at the park, or daycare, or anywhere. I hope somehow she "learns" from these issues as a "typical" child would. I am so tired of hearing from medicaid that she is "close" to "typical" and from other people who aren't here on a daily basis. I just want her to be OK. I don't want her to hurt anymore.
Today was an exceptionally crappy day for everyone here - not looking for pity to those who read this and misunderstand - it just sucks sometimes.
Tomorrow is another day. Chin up everyone here!
Susan
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