My intentions were to update my blog every Sunday like a good blogger should do...... but such is the single mom life and this Sunday a huge monkey wrench was thrown into my plans. We were at JT's baseball batting practice and Parker got too close just as JT was taking a "homerun" swing and Parker was hit just above the left eye. His little body spun around and he fell face first into the grass; I rolled him over and his eyes had rolled back into his head. The medical side of me took over...... I knew exactly what to do, but on the inside, I couldn't breathe. I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs for help, but I knew that help wouldn't come because I was the most qualified person there. I have always carried a certain amount of pride at the way I can keep a level head, but when it is my child that is hurt, my child that is laying on the ground unconscious...... I don't want to be calm, I wanted to fall apart for a second. When you are a single mom you don't always have that luxury. There is no one there for me to lean on and 99% of the time I am perfectly fine with that...... but on Sunday I wanted, I almost needed to feel that 1%.
I took Parker to the ER, he had a CAT scan which was negative for a skull fracture. He has a nasty concussion and is having headaches and nausea. We had a re-check at the Peds office yesterday and Dr. Adams was great...... he took the time to explain the residual effects of having a concussion and the healing time. I had no idea it would be another 5-6 weeks before Parker would be up and running again.
It is now 4 days later and Parker went to school this morning for the first time. It felt like the day I walked him into kindergarten. I didn't want to leave him...... but I was a good mom and I gave him a hug and I left. God's hand was all over Parker and I can't praise him enough for that!!!!
A little about myself and why I am writing this blog...... simply put, I am a single mother. Unexpectedly, in 2010 I found myself raising my children alone. Their father kept them one night a week and this is how it has been for the last 4 years, until recently. I now have the boys 24/7 and I am exhausted..... but I wouldn't change it for the world!!!! I want to share my crazy, exciting, fun and sometimes terrifying journey!
Laugh with me, cry with me or sometimes just sit back and shake your head in awe...... because that is exactly what I do!!!!
