[blparent] Feeling Bad Today

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Jeri, please don't get down on yourself for this.  Like you said yourself, 
it could have happened to anybody, and it has happened to anybody who has 
parented a child through the toddler years.  Your daughter is going to be 
fine.  You were there for her, putting ice on her bump as soon as you knew 
about it, and that will be enough.  A month hardly goes by that my daughter 
doesn't have a scrape or a bruise on her face.  I know it feels bad, but 
perk up and keep forging ahead.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jeri Milton
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:23 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] Feeling Bad Today

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween. We had fun but
something happened and I'm feeling awful about it. Katlyn, my daughter, was
running back to meet me at the end of a drive way, she was so cute, giggling
away all excited that she got some candy. She missed the little bump at the
end of the driveway and fell. She hit her head pretty hard. I immediately
picked her up and was feeling all over her face for any bumps or blood. I
didn't feel anything so I just told her that she was going to be ok and we
moved on, but she cried for quite a while. When she stopped crying she just
told me that her hand was hurting. My friend that was with us only saw a
little scrape on her hand, but nothing on her face. Well, later after we
were home she was crying because she didn't want to go to bed. I was
brushing her hair out of her eyes and felt it. A large goose egg bump right
above her eyes! I felt terrible that I hadn't felt it earlier in the night.
She probably had such a head ache which also explains her grumpy mood.
Normally Kate loves to play with everyone, but after she fell she just
stayed really winey. We had a late night together on the couch with ice on
her head. She's doing fine today, but I'm just feeling bad about it. I know
this can happen to anyone sited or not, but naturally I feel bad because I
couldn't see it. Maybe it's my turn to feel sorry for myself today. Have any
of you experienced something like this as well?



Jeri

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