Trying to get my creative juices flowing here...so I thought I'd share all the reasons I should probably retire as a mom. ;) It's a miracle Jadi still loves me.
When she was little, like really little, I pulled her toenail off with the door. NOT ON PURPOSE! But she was walking in front of me, and we were going into the swimming pool room at a hotel. The door swung towards us, and her big toe got in the way. Off it came. Make you cringe? She barely cried.
A year or so later, she broke her wrist at school. There was a new PE teacher - first day on the job! And he had the kids playing kickball. Jadi was on one of the bases, and a boy fell on her, and "snap". I was working in Denver, and luckily my roommate was able to go get her...but she wasn't even crying when I got home. It was a super long night, so we went to the doctor the next day, and sure enough...broke.
Then there was 8th grade, when she broke that wrist again, in two spots. I was out to dinner, and she fell off the couch...at least that's what I understand from the story. But I think her version may be a little different, but that's besides the point. I got home, and she was crying, and I said, "It's prom night. We will have to wait forever at the emergency room. Are you sure it hurts!!??" We went, and waited forever, and it was broke, in two places. hmmm...
Just a couple of days ago, Jadi wasn't feeling good, and her fingers were numb, and she felt clammy, and said her heart was racing. I told her to go to sleep, and see if she felt better in the morning. Well, she didn't. And I finally said, "ok, make a doctor's appointment" - and her blood pressure was 154/94. She's fine! It was a bad reaction to some migraine medication she started taking.
Luckily, she's 18, and it looks like she's going to make it. :) And I get to retire soon??
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