My Sunday morning was an awful one...
After work Saturday, I placed my bag filled with my work shears and other salon tools in my bedroom, on top of a cedar chest. Since I am not used to worrying about kids getting into things, I forgot about it, and that was where it stayed for the rest of the weekend.Sunday morning I woke up early, realized I was out of coffee, decided to 'get over it', made a pot of hot tea instead and began making breakfast for the kids. I attempted to make a big pancake breakfast-which was a disaster-and it got worse from there. As I was trying to get the temperature right for the pancakes (which ended up in the trash), I totally burned the omelette on the burner next to it (which I ate anyway because mom's just do that). Just after I decided to 'get over' that, I heard Jace scream from my bedroom.
Panic stricken, I ran into the bedroom to see what was happening. There I found Jace crying and standing with his left hand holding a very bloody right hand. I can't explain the horror I felt as my eyes darted in every direction looking for a clue of what just happened. He was very shaken and blood was on his brow, his feet and his arms. I dropped to my knees, scooped him up, and as I turned to carry him to the kitchen, I saw it. There, lying on that cedar chest was a single, straight razor blade! He must've opened my bag, pulled open (what he thought) was a pack of chewing gum, opened it and accidentally sliced off a chuck of skin from his thumb knuckle. Thank God Ron was home at the time because I was hysterical. I know what I've done to myself with those blades--I couldn't handle knowing what happened to my son!
Ron rinsed and rinsed it under the kitchen sink...we tried to bandage it but it kept bleeding. Finally, I remembered to have him hold his hand above his heart and the bleeding stopped. Once things settled down a bit, I decided to take him where I always go for a medical emergency--TO MY DAD'S HOUSE! Seriously, the man knows when a stitch needs to be made. He's never been wrong. Rather than sit in an emergency room for hours, I knew Dad would fix it just right--and if it needed a stitch, he would be the first to drive us to a hospital.
Even though illegal, I made Ron hold him in the back seat as I drove the 10 minutes to Dad's. Jace was very quiet, and I can only imagine how scared he was. I prayed over and over--'please let this be ok'...And it is ok...Once I saw him in Dad's hands, I was ok too. Dad cleaned it, nursed him back into shape, gave him a kiss, and off he went to play.
I totally skipped bathtime tonight because I don't even want to see that deep chunk of flesh flap-UGH! Poor thing! I hope it heals super fast! That was a huge lesson for me. Needless to say, the bag of tools are in my closet on the the highest shelf from now on!
Look at the photo on the left-those are razor blades for my carving comb. Now look at the photo on the right-That is the chewing gum I always buy. No wonder he thought he was finding gum! Thank God it never entered his mouth!!!!!"...Whew!..."
Glad it's over!
