ER Visit

Well, we couldn't have an easy Spring Break with fun activities. Today, my first day with both kids alone on Spring Break, we ended up in the ER. Our day started out fine. We went to Alexander's allergist appointment at 9. We got great news there. His scratch test was negative for milk and almost negative for egg. That means that he has to do a milk challenge this summer. We left the allergist's office very excited. I told Alexander that we could go to the park this afternoon to celebrate.

When we got home, I needed to clean up the house and make lunch. The house was a total mess because I have been working late and we were busy all weekend. I put Julia in her swing, that I could see from the kitchen, and started cleaning up the kitchen. As I finished wiping down the counters, I looked away for a second and in that moment, heard Julia start screaming this awful, horrible pain scream. I immediately ran to her and saw Alexander nearby. I asked him what he did to his sister because I knew that he was involved. He started screaming, "I didn't do anything!" which usually means that he did something and Julia wouldn't stop screaming. She was also gasping as she screamed. I put Alexander in time out and finally he told me that he took one of my spatulas, stuck it down her throat, and choked her. I almost freaked out, but I managed to call the pediatrician's office. The nurse that I talked to heard Julia screaming and told me to call 911. I hung up with her and called them. They send an ambulance to our house withing 5 minutes and we got to ride to the hospital in an ambulance.

Alexander was very upset about what happened to Julia and I think he was afraid, but he was funny when the paramedics came to the door. I opened the door and he looked at the paramedic and said, "I love you." Then he told them that I had told him that they were going to be mad at him. Then he was excited about the ambulance ride. I wasn't too happy that he was excited about that. We don't want him to repeat this in order to get another ride in the ambulance.

Once we got to the hospital, they checked Julia and observed her for about 3 hours. She had settled down and was able to eat, so they sent us home. It was quite a day! I hope that I don't have to repeat it. Here is a picture of Julia in the hospital.