Seriously .. why is it ALWAYS something in this house??
Another trip to the ER.
How this story unfolds...
Hayley "um, mom .. I am freaking out a little. I have these bumps that just came up and they itch."
Yes, indeed. Bumps .. like all over her arms and legs and face. As she scratches like crazy.
Me "Well, what did you eat? What did you touch?" Obviously it's some kind of allergic reaction. Give her Benedryl.
Wait.
More bumps. Meds not doing much of anything.
Hayley "so, okay, I have something to tell you. Could this possibly happen if you get sharpie marker in your blood?"
Odd question. How the heck would that happen?
Hayley "Don't get mad but I'll show you".
OH MY. Words are just not enough. She did take a sharpie marker and made a heart but kept going over and over and over until she drew blood .. and still going over and over it. It was deep. It was definitely a heart. It was definitely under the skin.
Is there a such thing as sharpie marker poisoning?
Off to the hospital we go. Nurses give me questioning looks. I just shrug. What else can I do? Doctor gives me questioning look but asks Hayley the questions. Hayley looks at me. I shrug again. I DIDN'T DO IT SO WHY IS EVERYONE LOOKING AT ME??
Maybe cause I'm the parent? Maybe cause I am supposed to be the responsible one?
More Benedryl. A few tests. More scolding. I honestly kept waiting for the women with long skirts and pencils with pads of paper from social services to walk in. They let us go. We go home.
Hayley "well, it's like a cross between a tattoo and a branding. What mom? It's not like it's THAT uncommon"
REALLY????
2 comments:
Tristyn has come home from school with sharpie on himself several times. That is something he would totally do.. Maybe I will have to put the fear of Mom's wrath on him before he goes that far. Or maybe that would just put the idea in his head.. I don't know, it's just too hard to be a parent of a teenager.
oh my gosh...so it is permanent?? you sould have looked at the doctors and nurses and sais,"what i didnt". oh friend..still got nothing! will your life ever slow down...does Sean know your life everyday? i think you need a medal!love you!
Post a Comment