Chopped Finger

DJ chopped his finger off in a door yesterday and I do mean chopped it off, actually maybe ripped it off would be a better term. We were at the gym. He was being grouchy because he wanted to open the big, heavy door to the child care but Isabel got to it first. So he stayed outside to open it himself. After he came inside he was standing by the hinge side of the door when that big, heavy door shut on his finger. DJ tried to pull his finger out of the shut door and ripped of the tip of his finger, a chunk of skin and tissue about the size of a pinto bean (thanks J), and the whole nail, I mean all of the nail even way past the cuticle. The firemen happened to be working out at the time so someone got them to come bandage DJ while the ambulance was on its way. I called my mom to come get the other kids and my mom is THE BEST. She was there before the ambulance got there. Alexandria colored a picture for DJ to take with him to the hospital. AJ was so worried his stomach was hurting. He kept asking if DJ was going to be okay and he wouldn't leave his side. Mom got the kids. And I jumped in the ambulance on the gurney to hold DJ and the finger on ice.

I won't bore you with the rest of the medical details (for those of you that want more gore there are pictures below) but DJ felt awful. It was an emotional day. He was sorry he hadn't listened to me to come in with the rest of us and now his finger was gone too. In the ER after they gave him pain killers I asked him if his finger was feeling better. "A little", he said, "but it hurts right here." He pointed to his heart and tears rolled down his cheeks. I know he was truly distressed over the whole situation. He felt bad for not listening and he felt bad about losing his fingertip and on top of all that there was the physical pain. All I could do was hug him and tell him it would be alright.

Although later, I had to stifle a laugh when he started crying again. "Dang it," he cried, "now I won't be able to shoot my shoot gun like a storm trooper and I just can't ride my motorcycle to Grandma's anymore." Apparently, fingertips are more functional than I thought.

Once we got home AJ was so glad to see him. They talked and talked about DJ's finger and the hospital, every detail down to what movies he watched and if his doctor was a boy or a girl. AJ asked if he can go swimming and DJ told him "after I grow a new finger." That's what the doctors told him will happen. He's going to be expecting a miracle so I'm praying for one.

Finger Picture

Chopped off finger tip below.

It's sad, really very sad.

Do not scroll down if you do not want to see.

Or shut your eyes and scroll for a bit to see other posts.

Seriously, do not go any farther if you get grossed out easily. Just picture something from a halloween prank instead.

Are you sure you want to see this?

Okay you've come this far you've asked for it.

You can open your eyes now.

School's Out

My posts have slowed way down for two reasons. First, the memory stick drive on my computer broke so now I have to hook the camera up to download pictures. Second, because being private is so boring it's just not as fun to blog anymore. But the last day of school deserves a post.

Alexandria had a fabulous year. She got straight A's. She's reading books that I read in 6th grade and this year she was only in 1st grade. She knows her times tables. She has learned so much so fast! She really is one smart cookie.

The boys had a great year in pre-school. I never was a big fan of pre-school. My thought was I just always wanted my children home with me. They'll grow up and leave soon enough so why rush it? But my boys needed it and this teacher is marvelous. In three weeks with her AJ went from having a few issues to being ahead of his age. DJ is already naming all his phonograms and getting close to reading. Their favorite part of school was show and tell. I can't believe they actually got up and talked in front of people, but they did. They grew a lot this year.

We were going to have a school's out party with a movie and ice cream. But it rained and the weather was so fun we had to play outside instead. We went out and jumped on the trampoline in the rain and got soaking wet then came in and had hot chocolate because it was 68 degrees outside and that can be cold in AZ.

Mother's Day

How did I get to be so lucky?

Wouldn't it be nice if everyday was Mother's Day? Then your children would always appreciate you like they do on Mother's Day and you would always appreciate them like you do on Mother's Day because they are who made you a mother, the most life changing calling on earth. I think I just have great kids. Thank you to my children for making it such a fun day. Papi would be proud! (And so am I.)

And I can't let today go by without saying what an AWESOME mom I have. She is the best! I love you.

Happy Mother's Day!

Memory Monday - on a Tuesday

I know I'm late. But this was worth waiting for.