looking up

A beautiful morning I woke up to on Sunday. JD had seemed to be more at peace the night before, so I slept better. And he woke with a big smile! Such a joy to see again!!

Saw the doctor in the morning and we discussed the steroids. We could expect that JD would sleep less on these, so we were going to consider melatonin at night to help him sleep. Since the level of steroids was definitely going to keep him active. I was wondering how active, as he had spent the whole last week sleeping!

Within an hour of getting the steroids, little man was wanting to play! I loved it! It made my day. I grinned at hearing him want to play again!! His Aunt Sara had visited the day before, and brought him toys that he was excited to play with!

 I spent much less time sitting. The doctor was right. This was going to keep him up. But the best news was to come!

That afternoon, Bryan brought Kaitlyn to the hospital so I could spend some time with her, and he could see JD. I went in to the Ronald McDonald house room and he went to be with JD. It was great to spend a few minutes with Kaitlyn. We decided to do some video chatting. As I was sitting there, I thought about something, and we ended our video chat.

Bryan came back and I went to find JD's nurse. Since we knew what JD had was not contagious, could it be possible to let his brother and sister who had spent so much time without their brother, visit? And I was told, yes! So I quickly went and got Kaitlyn, and the smiles were huge!!

 After a short visit, as we didn't want to overwhelm JD or Kaitlyn, Bryan and Kaitlyn left. This day was great...or so I thought. JD had fallen asleep from the events of the day, so I got in my comfy pants, and relaxed.

About an hour after Bryan left, I saw his name on my phone.

"Hi baby!" I answered
"I rolled the jeep."
"That's not funny. what's up?"
"No seriously. I rolled a jeep. A driver hit us and the jeep rolled. We're ok."
"Where are you?"
"A block up from the hospital."

I flew out of the room to the nurses station. I needed to know someone would be with JD, as I needed to get to where my husband and baby girl were. JD was ok at the moment, but I hadn't heard or seen my baby girl. A nurse went in to be with him as he slept, and I ran from his room up the street.

Walking up on the accident site was horrific. I could barely breath. Because honestly, I'm not meant to run. I work out, but running always leaves me wheezing! I saw the jeep on it's side, firemen in the engine. Things everywhere.

"Where are they?" I shouted at a man. He just stared. "WHERE ARE THEY!! My husband and daughter. Where are they." He pointed to an ambulance and I ran. He told me to wait, but I didn't care. I went to the ambulance.

Thankfully, everyone was ok. It was just a precaution. They had to take Kaitlyn to the hospital due to her age. But the car seat did it's job. She complained of some ankle pain, and that was it. She was crying and clinging to her daddy when I got there. But she was ok. They both were ok. The EMT moved me to the front and we rode the block to the hospital's ER.

 Both of them lost their shoes in the accident. But that was in. A slight sprain to the Princess's ankle and a sprained collar bone for my husband. But no worries other wise. We found out later that it was a drunk driver that had hit them. My husband's jeep drove over the woman's car, before the axle broke and flipped. But that Jeep and my daughter's car seat saved those two.

Since we couldn't get a hold of anyone local. It ended up being a family sleep over in JD's room. I got up to his room before the other two did. He had woke up and was wondering where I was, but he calmed when he saw me.

Kaitlyn came up and chatted with JD for a little bit, and then everyone went to sleep.

For just once, I want a good day to remain a good day!! JD had such great morning, and to end the way it did was a bit upsetting. But my family is good again!