[Closed] The knock on the door every parent dreads!!

Hope she's OK mate, really feeling for you.

Hope she mends quickly, and things get back to normal for you all asap.

Dave, I didn't even know you [b]had[/b] kids!

You can only wrap them up in cotton wool so much

no, you have to let them make their own mistakes - and not feel guilty when it happens!

Look after her and I speek for all at STW get well soon

****inghell mate hope everything turns out OK.
Will e-mail you later.
Yer right though cant wrap them up in cotton wool.

All the best to her - hope she heals up quickly and with a minimum of pain

🙂

Had to ring my mum and dad when my sister sledged into a goal post smashng her tib and fib out the side of her leg. Went something like "Yvonnes had an accident" . " IS it bad?" "Hospital bad" I replied.

No fun for any parent, She will recover quickly and be herself in no time at all

Healing vibes to her and a big manly hug from me to you.

Been through the helpless father thing a few times and it sucks a big one, shows us nothing matters in life, more then our children...

TC of her, you and all who are close..

Shane

I'm keeping my fingers crossed it never happens here. I know it sounds stupid but I said I'd give up any amount of money to know my kids never have to be in hospital, espcially when they're young. Still got them crossed too.

Hope she gets better matey and best wishes. You can't wrap em up in cotton wool, kids will be kids as we've all been there.

Mine is sleeping/snoring next to me as I type this, she found a slow worm in our allotment for the first time today, got covered in mud, lost her cycling glove, shared her apple juice with me, made friends with a new lad on our street, cycled home with me and made me smile more than I can remember today 😉

Sometimes its easy to forget the little things, but when things do take a turn, you remember every second and they feel like a lifetime.

Hope she gets well soon lowey, take care.

Broken wrists hurt like fooook! hope she gets better asap, make sure she does as the doc says, also would strongly suggest getting her some thing like this, http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3543

I have one and would not go anywhere without. Her wrists will be weak so a re-break can happen very easily even a few months down the line.

Hope she gets better soon

2hottie

wow - hope she heals fast (like kids do !)

Hope she heals well and fast. As kids go, she probably will. It will be you worrying about it for far longer than she will. I broke my colar bone 6 times when I was kid and it never really bothered me apart from the actual breaking. My mother though was in bits everytime and worried like hell for months and months after everytime!

I had the call many years ago. My son was at the local trails with a snapped wrist and ribs. Coughing up blood etc. He was looking grim and it scared six bales of s**t out of me. He's 19 now and I still worry about him. Anyway hope your young'un gets well soon .

Never mind the young lass...hope you get better soon mate. 🙂

And fair play to you for letting your youngspring swing over 80ft ravines...!!!
Sense of adventure sadly missing for a lot of children these days. Our eldest (3yrs) is in the early stages of Chicken Pox at the moment, spots seem to be doubling every hour. Still charging around like a mad un' today though.

all the best from the OF heal quick and perfect.

If it makes you any better I wasalmost killed by a lorry as a young lad. "You on't be walking fast ever again", they said in hospital. A month later I was back home and climbing trees with mates.
Kids heal in no time, she'll be fine! All the best, both of you.[img] [/img]

I guess it's all been said up there but get well soon Kelsey, and take care both. You never stop worrying about them (my eldest is 21) . . . "you won't wear that when you're out on your own will you" was what my Mum said earlier when I showed her my new full face helmet . . . I think I know what she meant 😉

aye and he wanted to bathe her wounds in salt water too 😈

Brave girl, hope she's feeling a bit better.

Healing vibes despatched from us - perhaps if you buy her something nice it might speed up the process. Probably not a yo-yo for a few weeks though?
Ice cream helps as well, I believe....

You can only wrap them up in cotton wool so much, and I suppose its part of growing up, but time like these are hard.

Understand your feelings but you have to strike a balance between protecting them an d letting them learn by experience. Just wish mine were out in the local woods making swings- its all I can do to get them away from the Disney channel.

Could be worse.

1993, my parents get a phone call circa 10pm on a Saturday night. I'm in the police cells. I was 15 years old.

I'd been arrested for shagging a girl, drunk (both of us), in the local park.

When my dad arrives to collect me he discovers that the girl involved is the daughter of his biggest client at work.

🙁 😆

Hi Bud,

Sorry to hear about your little one & I hope she's on the mend quickly without any hassles!

Mind, she'll be proud of it when she's older "ahh, it was nothing, a few breaks, it didn't hurt that much" ... and when you fall off of your bike, busting a rib, you'll be taunted for it hurting loads when she didn't cry once.

Again, all the best.

Jonathan.

That's a bummer lowey but people heal. Glad she's going to be ok in the long run. It's certainly a scary experience to go through. I remember watching my lad fly down the stairs and land on his face on the cabinet at the bottom. He's still got the scar today.

Never believed in cotton wool myself. They learn faster without it. Building swings in the woods sounds like a fine activity.

and kissing her forehead as she slipped away

Dude, heart sank when i read this part, i thought the worst had happened. Least she's back home doing well. CHrist, when i was young we used to do crap that my parents would never know about, we're kids and invincible remember. When they did find out a slap round the lug by daddy-o sorted me out ( for a few days anyway)

Hope you both make a full recovery

Much better she was screaming her heart out,at least you know everything important is working ok

The next knock at the door you can fear is the spotty yoof that comes to take her out

Heal quick Kelsey.

That must have been so frightening for you Lowey, but it makes me glad to read that there are still kids out there who are allowed to be kids.

Get well soon.

And no you can't watch them forever she was unlucky enough to be hurt but at least it's only wrists a drop like that could have been alot worse.

Being a dad too, I feel for you lowey.

The sensible part of me thought the same as Drac - "could have been alot worse." Hopefully you'll be able to look back laughing about it in time.

I gave my parents a nasty scare when I was younger (m/cycle crash). After 5 weeks in hospital I was still so weak my Dad had to lift me in and out of the bath, the first time in over 20 years. Kids, eh.

Get well soon to the young 'un.

Judging by the title I thought you were about to meet your sons boyfriend for the first time......

She'll be fine..........I got run over by a lorry as a kid, my mum was on the next stretcher in the ambulance...she'd passed out when she saw me - bitch. 🙄

There are worse knocks on the door, trust me! Hope she's doing better, will be back causing trouble soon I'm sure!

Lowey, how's she doing? Hope she's feeling better and it hasn't put her off doing the same again. 😉

I didnt know what proper worry was until we had kids 🙂
Hope she is better soon

Sounds awful but I remember reading a news story once, a young boy accidently hung himself in a tree (tragic accident). His Dad was quoted as saying that he was a live-wire, a ball of energy and loved exploring and given the same chance again he wouldnt change a thing about his Son. Tragic story but warming (in a way).

Get well soon.

Could be worse.

1993, my parents get a phone call circa 10pm on a Saturday night. I'm in the police cells. I was 15 years old.

I'd been arrested for shagging a girl, drunk (both of us), in the local park.

When my dad arrives to collect me he discovers that the girl involved is the daughter of his biggest client at work.

I would say the OP experience is far, far worse than some kid narking a girl in a park.

slowclimb - Member

I didnt know what proper worry was until we had kids [:)]

Me too. My little lad (aged 3.5) get's his plaster cut off this evening - he broke his left fib&tib jumping puddles with his grandad. It was the first time we'd left him with anyone. When I got the phone call from my Dad, I couldn't speak. My Dad, bless him, was distraught. These little creatures are so precious.

Hope she's healing well Lowey, and that you're okay too.

i did that! I did that! Some random polish man helped me. Never been able to say thanks to him.

lowey, I had a look through my GP's files. There was a note in there saying 'possible parental abuse'? - basically I used to climb coal sheds, trees, walls, anything and then...well fall off!!!

Best not to offer up a HIGH FIVE for a while :O)

Hope she heals quickly and next time get down to that swing and test it for strength first :op

Hope she heal quickly mate. Its that horrible feeling you get in the stomach when you hear them in pain that always gets me.

My youngest (who was 5 at the time) was playing next door with their grandson when the grandmother brought her back round screaming her head off. Her right hand was rapped in a blood covered tea towel. It turns out they were playing with some solid concrete animal garden ornaments and she dropped one on her thumb.
It split the nail across, so we took her to A&E where they cleaned it up and dressed it.

The dressing was meant to be one that does not stick to the wound but for some reason it did. So the next day I took her to A&E to get it sorted as it was giving her a lot of pain.

They soaked it and then started to take it off. All i remember was her stood there with tears streaming down her face saying 'ow, ow' but not budging her hand one bit. That was when I realised my little 5 year old was harder than me!

I would have struggled to stay still for that and her older sister would no have made it to the hospital she would have got that worked up at the thought of it!

Her injury was no where near as serious as your daughters but it just goes to show how resilient they are!

Good luck with the recovery mate

hey soaked it and then started to take it off. All i remember was her stood there with tears streaming down her face saying 'ow, ow' but not budging her hand one bit. That was when I realised my little 5 year old was harder than me!

My eldest has a cruciate ligament injury (MRI scan this morning) her knee is swollen and possibly fractured (X rays inconclusive)
The consultant was pressing the swollen bit and she kept still with the tears dripping off her chin.
Its true what they say about wishing you could be in there position.

Good luck Lowey!

Thanks for all your kind words. She is on the road to recovery, the cuts and grazes are slowly starting to heal and the swelling on her arms is getting a bit better.

She is such an active girl as well, as a result of this she is missing 2 gymnastics competitions, and the cheerleading nationals, both of which she was going to compete in. The poor thing is heart broken. Its just THE worst thing seeing your kids upset and in pain.

Good to hear she's recovering well, yeah when they're not well you want to take the suffering for them.