Kids are resilient

Samuel gave us a run for our money last week.

We are currently having our basement finished and during some of their work they ended up cutting off the gas to some of our things and got them back working last Friday. They left our fireplace on to make sure there were no problems, well Ben and I should have known better. After it was shut off Sam was playing in the area and went up and put his hand on the glass and screamed like neither of us have ever heard. We grabbed him and instantly knew the glass was still hot. Samuel proceeded to cry for what seemed like forever, and for sure the longest, hardest either of us have ever heard. We did everything we could think of to help him, but nothing eased his pain. After about an hour we took the pack off of his hand and saw he had blisters all over his hand. We then made our 1st trip to the Lee's Summit, emergency room. What amazed Ben and I was that the minute we left the house he acted like nothing had happened and never cried about this again, which is where I got the title to this blogs, kids are so resilient. The emergency room was a very unpleasant place for both Ben and I. We couldn't believe how many people came in and asked us to explain what happened and make sure that we were not neglecting our child and our ER physician started the conversation with I don't think he will need a skin graph. WOW, not something you say to new parents, or parents at all for that matter.

Other than that the oddness that surrounded our visit, the nurses treated Samuel with such care, and he seemed to love to be pampered by so many different women. We left with a happy little boy, now with a wrapped hand. Since then he has rarely been bothered by the injury and has enjoyed chewing on his wrap when he is bored in the care. All but 2 of the blisters disappeared on their own and the others are recovering well.

If you are reading this, please do not report us to CPS, if you knew how incredibly awful and scared Ben and I were and have been it is punishment enough. Needless to say, we are watching Sam like a hawk and he has been getting spoiled (I now see how easily kids get spoiled and how they learn to take advantage of it.)

We are so thankful Samuel is a tough little guy, and doing so well and we pray that these events are few and far between in Samuel's life and get easier to handle with time.

Here are 2 pictures of Samuel with his wrap and as you can see he didn't let it interfere with his activities.