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Mine was born like that, emergency c-section due to wrapping his neck around the umbilical cord. His birth was just like a scene from Aliens.
He is 14 next week, a total pain but great fun! I worry like mad when he is doing anything slightly dangerous though and have not taken him with me snowboarding for that very reason.
He is 14 next week, a total pain but great fun! I worry like mad when he is doing anything slightly dangerous though and have not taken him with me snowboarding for that very reason.
Of course you worry about them but I we've never let that stop them being subjected to a little bit of risk, both my kids were doing black runs from a very early age, my daughter jumped out of a perfectly decent plane on her 16th birthday, she's offshore away at uni at the moment and what with a spate of rapes and syringe spikings yes we do worry at times.
Huntsman said:
They're a worry!
I never really had anything to worry about in 45 years until my boy came along.
He was 9 weeks early emergency c section early hours of the morning.
Now he's nearly 6 and I'm here I am standing outside A&E while my wife is in with him after a bashed eye at school.
I'm 54. In.the last 2 years I've been into A&E 5 times.I never really had anything to worry about in 45 years until my boy came along.
He was 9 weeks early emergency c section early hours of the morning.
Now he's nearly 6 and I'm here I am standing outside A&E while my wife is in with him after a bashed eye at school.
Once I bashed my head on the corner of the boot lid and there was much blood.
Once I had a heart attack
A week later, my heart rate was 35 bpm (They shouldn't have prescribed beta blockers after my stent was fitted.
And then I somehow managed to smash a plate whilst washing up and cut my wrist. I couldn't stop it bleeding due to blood thinning tablets.
And then whilst putting stuff into loft, I bashed my head on a wooden beam and again it wouldn't stop bleeding.
I don’t think it ever ends. My son…. 4 clavicle breaks later (2 on each side, aged 2,3,9 and 14) the final one when he ran out of talent trying a 180 spin on a small jump while skiing and carrying poles…the floor and poles won. You’d think he’d have learnt how to fall properly ! At one point we thought social services would be round LOL. He’s now 18 so other worries now entering the frame.
My daughter fell over in the playground 4 weeks after starting school. Compound fracture, 2 breaks, had an operation the same day to pin it, then another 2 weeks later after the pins moved and had to have it plated.
I really don’t think there is any fear like having to see your own child go in for an operation and just having to sit and wait. I’m glad it was just for that.
The emotional bond you feel with a child is truly a remarkable thing, the chemical reactions it sets off in your brain and beautiful and scary at the same time.
I really don’t think there is any fear like having to see your own child go in for an operation and just having to sit and wait. I’m glad it was just for that.
The emotional bond you feel with a child is truly a remarkable thing, the chemical reactions it sets off in your brain and beautiful and scary at the same time.
Huntsman said:
We're home.
Can't see out of his right eye, its full of blood. They think it will clear. Worried about retina damage. Scan in the morning, then maybe an op.
If he is under the eye department at St Marys - they are excellent! Really looked after me over the years - saving my sight.Can't see out of his right eye, its full of blood. They think it will clear. Worried about retina damage. Scan in the morning, then maybe an op.
My kids (8 and 12) are similar. There is always something and it seems to get worse at High School. We try not to get too involved in the disputes with friends (current favourite issue) - just support them in the decisions they make (unless it is daft!
)Luckily, health wise they are both fighting fit, despite various tumbles over the years in either football, cycling (ouch!) or dancing.....
StevieBee said:
I'm 54. Travel a lot for work and my 89 year old Mum can't sleep properly and worries until I'm back in the country!
Went to a christening a few years back, and the baby's great grandmother, 82, had to leave early to go and visit her mum (102)! Apparently, if she was late, her mum would start worrying that she'd been in an accident!Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff