Ouch!!

As I was going through old photos looking for pictures to put up on my blog, I ran across these. I didn't realize how many "incidents" we had until now. I just hope nobody reports us to social services! : )

Over the years I have past many a kidney

stone. I'd have to go back and count but

I'd say there's been 8 or 9 that have sent

me to the emergency room in the past

eleven years. It got to the point where we

started to name them like another one of

our children. This one here is Celine. She

was past in Las Vegas while there to see

Celine Dion (front row center I might add -

Thanks Molly!)

Cameron fell and hit his head on the TV stand

two days before Christmas 1999. He had to

have it "glued".

Here Cameron got a Staph infection on his leg. Yuck!
2001

As some of you may remember, in July 2002
Cassidy's middle finger was 90% severed when her
brother accidentally closed her finger in the door.
This was not the only time she suffered a finger
injury. In May of 2004, Cameron and her were
playing tug of war with a purse strap that had metal
hook clasps on each end. Cameron pull so hard
that the hook got embedded into her finger. She
didn't have to get stitches but she did have it glued.

Cameron came into my room in the middle
of the night because he was having a hard time
breathing. He had to spend a couple of days
in the hospital under a croup tent. They
never figured out what was wrong nor
why it happened. August 2002

Here he is again coming out
from underneath the tent.
I remember how brave he was
when they had to put the IV in the
back of his hand several times.

Cassidy was born with a blocked tear duct

in her right eye. Most of the time the eye

unblocks itself in time but didn't in her case.

She had to be put under to have a surgical probe.

November 2002

I'm don't remember what happened

here but I'm betting it had to do with

her 4 year old brother...

Summer 2003

Get a load of this one! Cameron was playing

some kind of game where he would run as fast

as he could and then jump on the bed. Cassidy

stepped into his path while he was going

full speed and was knocked down. On the

way down she hit her head on the bed railing.

Summer 2003

Here's a side shot of Cassidy's bump.

Thankfully the swelling didn't last long and

she was back to her fun-loving self. She's

always been one tough cookie.

She's had no choice!

Here is the scar left from when Cassidy

was jumping on a bed and fell and cracked

her head between the eyes. Yes children,

this not only happens to monkeys... Let

this be a lesson to you. Fall 2003

Yet again Cassidy had to have stitches in her

head. This time she tripped on the

bottom step, lost her balance and slammed into

the corner of the wall. Sometimes those walls

just jump out at ya! October 3, 2004

This is what Kennedy would have been

on her first Halloween (a chocolate kiss) if

she hadn't been in the ER instead. Around

dinner time, while she was playing under her

activity gym she somehow rolled over and

got her left arm caught on the bar causing

nursemaids elbow (dislocated elbow).

October 31, 2004

We did pretty good and almost went a whole

year and a half before our next trip to the ER!

Then on February 3, 2006 Cameron fell down

the stairs and snapped his tibia (shinbone). He

was in a cast for 10 long weeks and in a

wheelchair the whole time. The best part

was being able to park in the disabled parking

spots. I miss those days... but not the days

of carrying him up and down the stairs.

His whole 1st grade class signed his cast as
did neighborhood friends and family. A little
advice: Don't break your leg. It's not
very convenient.