One of the things that I fear most would happen to my children - happened again yesterday.

We received an emergency call from school. Brendan had quite a bad fall in school!

Oh Gosh! With a knock on the forehead, a cut and very swollen lip, and a limping leg, we had to rush him to A&E

[That is the risk of a child who runs with a heavy school bag. He apparently was rushing for his school bus due to late dismissal when he fell.]

Caution: The following photo may make you feel uncomfortable.

It has been a few encounters that Brendan had been sent to A&E for different reasons like a swollen forehead, injured leg, a bone in the throat - the little unpleasant incidents while in school.  

I know that no parent enjoys the experience at a A&E especially when the child appears weak, bleeding or suffering from injury.

 So, you can imagine what happened next when an anxious mom was in the A&E with her child who was bleeding, complaining of pain and lethargic, and having to wait for hours.

[Sigh, even an usually COOL mommy can behave PANICALLY under this situation]

The anxious Mommy (myself) was ….

[Somehow, does this sound familiar to you as a parent?]

- pacing up and down constantly enquiring when the child can be attended to (the 2 hours of waiting before the doctor appeared for initial diagnosis can really become hours of agony!)

- requesting for wheel chair, blanket, pillow and then regularly reminding the nurse for an empty bed for the child in the observation ward as soon as one was available

- constantly peeping at the board and wondering why the queue number was not moving

- praying hard while never failing to encourage the worried child

- trying to feel the pain of  the child

- keep checking on the child “hoping” to get the answers that he was feeling even better

- feeling sorry that the painful child was also suffering from hunger after hours of waiting for doctor

- negotiating with doctor whether a sedation is really necessary to perform the stitching on the lip (since there are all these side effects of faster heartbeats etc) and also what would  happen if there are complications since the child was also having a slight head injury)

- wondering what would be next since the child has to go through consultation, WAITING, X-ray, WAITING,consultation, MORE WAITING,  treatment of the lip with the cut and bleeding, WAITING AGAIN ….. 

Arghh….I am sure I do not have to describe further the feeling of an anxious mommy when her child is injured and the agony of WAITING. 

I could miss my meal or any other matters while waiting with him BUT I will never do less to compromise the health of my son.

Oh dear, a mommy can really feel as painful as the child especially in her heart.

Alas, after many hours…. PHEW!

Fortunately for us, there was no sedation, no stitching and Brendan was treated under a course of antibiotics and painkiller. We have been advised to monitor him since the fall had hit the head, the legs and we have decided to leave the open wound on the lip unstitched and to heal on its own.  Doctor did not want any complication with the usage of sedation in view of Brendan’s dizziness.

Next few days, I will be balancing between the organisation of Singapore National Day event  at work AND at the same time, nursing Brendan and observing his conditions.

It is going to be tough but….

I am glad that I have the company of Papa Ed this time.

[In past years, Papa Ed had been stationed overseas and that feeling of always being the only one with the kids in the hospital or nursing them can be really awful.]

As for now, I am just thankful that the ordeal will soon be over.

[Brendan, have a speedy recovery. Mommy, Papa and Didi love you. We are here for you *pat pat*.]

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