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Was very excited for the weekend.  Our 20 year old daughter was going to come up from California to go to our son's wedding, another coming from Oregon.  Then I get a call in the early Monday evening from California.  It was a friend of my daughters.  I could hear my daughter crying in the background, she had been playing "capture the flag" at a party with her friends and jumped down an embankment.  She landed wrong and hurt her leg.  I talked to her friend and asked her to take her to the ED.

She had broken both bones in her lower leg, one being a displaced fracture that will need surgery.  She had just finished finals last week and was excited about coming up here to Washington.  She was in a lot of pain and I tried to get a hold of her dad who works at the Federal Prison, but couldn't.  He was actually at the hospital with some prisoners due to a small "riot". 

She hates to take medication and did not take the vicodin they gave her, but called me up several times during the night in pain and afraid.  She does have an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon on Thursday who she just saw 2 week ago when she broke her wrist!!!! Hi, probably not, and I know for sure wE , never stop beeing MOM's. She's dang lucky to have such a loving mom....Sarah

Oh, poor thing! You know, no matter how old they are they still need their mommies. I know I still need mine and I'm 52!  My youngest is 20 and he will always be my baby.

Will they do the surgery before the wedding? Oh my gosh. What alot of added stress for you too. I hope everything goes well and that the wedding is beautiful.

P.S. I'd rather go by train than plane any day, but it would take forever to go from Florida to Oregon!

 

Thank Miles,
I am not sure when they will do the surgery, we will find out on Thursday morning.  The wedding is on Sunday, but we will need to be there for pre wedding stuff on Friday, so she won't be able to make it. 

After we had to cancel the wedding on its original date (our son is in the Army and leaves were canceled) and re plan it for this weekend we just let God handle it.  After all the original date was the Saturday before last at the First Presbyterian church in Moscow, ID on the same night that lunatic shot up the courthouse from the very church they were to be married in that very evening.

I feel so sorry for the families of the people who where killed (5 killed and then the man committed suicide). 

Mary B
           Ya know Mary, how much we do for our children could become a "hot topic" in more ways than one. Everyone raises their children differently,(usually how they were raised,) and have their  own ideas of must "do's and don'ts". I'm mostly talking about our grown children and boy is hindsight 20/20 lol. Sometimes when my kids are being really needy (twin girls 33yrs and boy 22yrs) I just want to say "grow up"!! Of course I don't and we usually can work out whatever the issue was, mostly with our  bank account being less because thet don't plan ahead much farther than monthly bills. Don't you think it was easier when they were small and had to listen to you? I thought I would worry less when they grew up and were on their own but I sure got a rude awakening! Don't get me wrong, my kids are great and have given us no troube to speak of, they just  seem to depend on us for all their "emergencies", like tires, and taxes, root canals and home repairs, etc... I'm not sure how to cut those apron strings,lol. I'm pretty sure it would be different if they were married,maybe, I hope so... Gotta love 'em though, I guess if I was really worried about it I'd do something , right?.....A child in pain is still your baby no matter how old they are! Good luck on the wedding deal....GenesisThat's too bad she can't make it. You're probably torn between the two of them! I hadn't heard of the shooting in Idaho! My Lord, what a world we live in. I like this thread, just a little funny for you all to lighten your day!

My 6 y.o was lying in bed and I was cuddling him and saying jokingly can you please slow down growing up, I want you to be like this forever, and he sat up and looked me in the eyes and said, "ok, mummy, I will just stop eating my veggies".  I laughed so much as I am always telling them you won't grow if you don't eat your veggies~!!!!!!!  Keep pain free if you can - Janie.

Aww mary so sorry to hear about your daughter.  She reminds me of me before the ra lol.  Your daughter isn't the only one to do something like that. 

I hope she heals quickly and all works out for getting her up for the wedding. 

Bummer about the accident.  I hope things work out and she's able to come home.  I don't like flying, but it's quicker so my butt would be on the plane.

I have twin boys who are 19.  I thought when they took off for college last year that I made it.  hahahaha, they're back home for the summer and life is crazy.  They're good kids, but it's the whole thing about coming and going as they please, etc.  One of the boys decided to buy a new motorcycle, and I hate motorcycles.  A new worry.  What can you do.........I guess kids will always make us worry.

Thanks for all the support.  We have 6 kids ages 15 to 25.  Sometimes it seems that we just get one taken care of and another problem pops up. 
Too funny grammaskittles, you do sound like my daughter.  I have told her many times "what were you thinking!"  Obviously, thinking was not part of the equation. 

Yes, they are good kids but I know what Debrakay means about the summer.  It is fun when they come home from college, but stressful too. 
I am actually home sick today.  First time in a long time, but I think the stress has gotten to me.  Of course, the first person I called when I was stressed out about my daughter was MY mom.  I needed her and she was there.  She told me she would call my daughter to find out how she was and start praying for us all.  I guess I haven't grown up that much either.

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