So this weekend was pretty eventful, and aside from a few things I would not care to experience this again!
On Friday 9/23 Ezra tripped and fell into the wood coffee table and split his forehead open. We didn't know know if he needed stitches or not so we took him to an urgent care that could do them if needed. He ended up not needing stitches, just glue. Ezra was such a good sport!
He just wanted his daddy to hold him.
Until it was all over, then only mommy would do.
That evening we went to the football game at Corona del Sol. It was the kids first time and they loved it!
Gabi absolutely adored the pommies and cheerleaders!
She insisted on taking a pictures of them. (with mommy's help of course)
Sunday seemed normal enough, after sacrament meeting I went to teach my class for the 12-13 year olds. Jack took Gabi to her class and then practiced walking with Ezra down the halls.
As the neared the doors to the chapel Ezra bent down to pick something up from the floor. As Jack looked closer to see what it was, he suddenly realized that it was a scorpion! Ezra let out a whimper as it quickly scurried down his hand and back to the floor. A pediatrician in our ward happened to be standing nearby and, after smashing the little demon, instructed Jack to get him to the hospital right away.
Jack found me in the classroom and told me we had to go "now!" Before we left, we had someone in the building help us give him a blessing, and we were off. Because neither of us remembered our wallets, we had to stop by the house first. Until this point he seemed fine, crying a little and wimpering but that was it. Luckily, I decided to sit next to him in the back seat.
About a minute after I took this picture, Ezra started vomiting, a lot and often. Then, he started convulsing. His eyes were rapidly shaking back and forth. Then, he had trouble breathing. It was the scariest thing to watch your child go through this and think "My child is going to die". I remember talking to him and saying "keep your eyes open, stay with us". By the time we reached the ER, he wasn't crying much anymore because he couldn't get enough air. He was starting to turn blue. It was very traumatic for everyone involved.
The ER rushed us in and started working on him right away. They gave him scorpion anti-venom, which made a noticeable change in him almost right away. It took several hours, however before he stopped convulsion completely. I stayed right by him stroking his head, talking to him in his ear and helping to gently hold him so he didn't injure himself during his convulsions. In all, he got five vials of anti-venom. After a night in the pediatric unit for observation, we were on our way with no apparent lasting effects. It was a miracle considering the dire straights he was in. This is something we hope we never have to go through again!
Here is the actual scorpion. It is a bark scorpion which is very common here in Arizona.
Here is the adorable get well card that Gabi made for Ezra. Thankfully we were in the same ward as my parent and they took Gabi to their home after church and watched her. Thanks a million Mom and Dad!
So cute!
