Like every other kid, Emily has her share of falls. Hmmm maybe more than some ... she is a handful. Mostly bumps on her head or arms. Today's fall was another thing altogether.
I brought her to 404's playground for the first time today. I didn't scout it out so we only discovered that it is meant for older kids when we got there. Nonetheless there are slides where she can climb and play. There was another boy there with his grandpa. Emily seemed thrilled to have someone else to play with and kept following him, much to the boy's dismay hahah.
And because she was so engrossed in what the boy was doing she missed the slide's edge when she tried to land her hand and hit her nose instead. She immediately let out a terrible cry, one we recognise that she is in pain. I quickly picked her up and comfort her. Then about 30 seconds later blood started flowing from her nose!
OMG! My mind literally went blank for a second. How did this happen? I immediately ran for our family doctor whose clinic was across the road. When we reached, I discovered the doctor has not arrived so we made a mad rush to another clinic down the row of shophouses.
Thankfully there wasn't anything major. The doctor explained that Emily is still young and hence the membranes are softer and so the fall may have cause the blood veins to rupture. He did a touch test on her nose bridge and confirmed there was no fracture.
Phew ... I cannot forget myself if any life threatening harm is to come to Emily. I used to think that it is normal that kids fall. But when your own falls badly your heart literally breaks to see her in such pain. Hopefully this is the last of the bad falls *cross fingers.
