Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Best-laid Plans of Mice and Men

 

I went to DD’s yesterday to watch the Ts while DD had a doctor’s appointment.  I knew that the plan would be for me to head on home after DD got back because Christmas break was over, it was time to resume school.  DD took a little longer than anticipated because she had to make a return trip to the doctor’s office (she’d forgotten to take her new insurance card with her) and because she had to wait for her meds at the pharmacy … and when she finally did get home, she had a couple of lengthy phone calls.  Of course, I wasn’t complaining about this change in the plan because I knew that I wouldn’t see the Ts for a couple of weeks, so I was relishing my time with them.

 

About the time that I thought I’d head back home, T#3 accidentally poked himself in the eye.  By the time we checked out his eye and got him an ice pack, it was time for lunch … I’m nothing if not flexible so the plan changed to having lunch with them and then I’d go home … DD could still have some school time while the littles were napping. 

 

After lunch, T#3 was still complaining about his eye, so DD decided to call the pediatrician to see if she ought to take him in … and where (doctor’s office, optometrist's office, ER).  So, another change in plans … I stuck around in case Mama needed to take T#3 in and I needed to watch the other 3.  While we waited, I got in some more T-time.  Winking smile 

 

Finally, we heard back from the pediatrician … because he was experiencing some light sensitivity, she thought it sounded like a corneal abrasion and that DD ought to take him to the ER over at the children’s hospital in St. Louis to determine how serious it was.  Of course, by this time, DD had taken some of the new cough medicine she’d gotten that morning and didn’t feel that she ought to get behind the wheel.  Someone needed to drive them over to St. Louis and someone needed to stay home to watch the other 3 … obviously, I couldn’t do both, so after a little brainstorming and a couple of phone calls with DSIL, we had a plan … DSIL (who was on “duty” yesterday) could work from home and watch the other 3 while I drove DD and T#3 over to the ER. 

 

We packed up a tote full of stuff to keep him entertained and were ready to go once DSIL got home … all we had to do was to get the 2 littles up from their naps and wait for Daddy.  T#3 woke up with no more pain in his eye and no more light sensitivity … which prompted DD to call back to the pediatrician to see if she still felt it necessary to go to the ER.  Thankfully she said no … told DD to just keep an eye on it and gave her a list of things to watch out for. 

 

And now I could head on home.  Although it was stressful, worrying about T#3’s eye and trying to figure out how we’d get him to the ER without having to take the other 3 with, there was a silver lining … I got more time with my Ts.  Red heart 

 

 

I will be taking a blogging break … I’ll be back in a couple of weeks or so … see you then!

19 comments:

  1. Glad you did not have to go to the ER...never a pleasant experience! Have fun on your cruise.I look forward to hearing about it!

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  2. Bittersweet. Time spending with the little ones, but not a good experience for T3. At least the ER trip was avoided. My adrenalin would be high having to deal with all that!
    Have a nice break!

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  3. So glad all turned out well! Enjoy every little moment of your trip! How excited you must be!

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  4. I'm so glad the little is okay! Have a wonderful time on your cruise!

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  5. We didn't give you permission to take a 2 week blogging break!

    ;-)

    Enjoy whatever it is you will be doing during your break.

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  6. So glad his eye is okay and you didn't have to go to ER. But glad you got all that time with them.

    I will miss you here in the blogging world, but I'm so glad you get to go on a cruise. Hope you have a wonderful time and that's you'll have lots of stories and pics to share when you come back.

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  7. I am so glad his eye is better.

    We will be here when you come back. stay safe!

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  8. glad everything is okay. will miss you while you are gone! have fun!

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  9. Whew - despite the worry, sounds like over-all a great day with the grands! Noticed your signature - is there a secret to creating a standard signature, or do you add that each post? Have a great vacation!

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  10. Enjoy your cruise Kathy...and thankfully, there wasn't much danger in the eye mishap. And hopefully everything will be okay.

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  11. Hi there, You may not see this before you leave, but I wanted to share that we went to the Eastern Caribbean on our cruise. I loved St. John's and St. Martin's. There is much I could share about our experience but want to wait until I hear your thoughts. It was wonderful seeing that part of the world-hubby and I talked about going to an all inclusive resort there sometime but I doubt that will happen. This next cruise is with Princess so it will be an interesting comparison.
    Travel blessings to you!
    Noreen

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  12. Have a wonderful time and I look forward to hearing all about your trip. I hope you have time to take pictures! I am so glad every thing worked out and everything worked out.

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  13. I find when you have young children you have to be very flexible. You can't change your life is to be very hard. Have a good when Kathy.

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  14. Wow, what a day you had! I'm glad everything worked out though. Enjoy your blogging break!

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  15. Safe travels and enjoy your cruise!!! So glad that you are flexible and "go with the flow" so to speak. A lot less stressful that way when plans change. Glad T3's eye was okay!

    betty

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  16. I'm so glad that the little one is OK and that you were there to help out. How nice that you can take the time and help out so much. Have fun on your trip.

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  17. Glad the eye is okay. Enjoy your time off and have a wonderful trip.

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  18. How blessed your daughter is to have you nearby!
    Have so much fun on your cruise! We are going on one in March.

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  19. I agree about how blessed your daughter is, but know it's a double blessing because you get to be with them! Have a good break!

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