oh My!! The journaling is amazing, it captures the moment, the events, the feelings, what a horror, I am glad everything worked out ok, the lo is also great, I loved the distressed look and the pic is perfect
You did such an amazing job scrapping a mother's nightmare. I read the journaling and just cried for her. Here's hoping she heals well and begins to use her left hand again as time goes on!
The LO is so beautiful! I had something similar happen to me when I was 5. I have never ever blamed my parents for what happened and you should let go of the guilt. In fact my finger that I almost lost is how I tell my right from my left! lol
Wow, that brought tears to my eyes, and I felt so sorry for all of your family in this tragic accident, and how you were able to remember it all and journall it I don't know, I wouldn't of been able to remember all the feelings and what happened!! Well done you, and what a fantastic page!!!
You did a beautiful job on this, I am glad she is okay, I admire your ability to scrap it, I think one day she will read it and be touched by knowing what you went through that day.
Oh - poor thing!! I know how hard these things are as we had an accident with one of our dd!! It was so traumatic!! And I felt so guilty!!! I think they handle it better then we do! 7 years later and some plastic surgery she is fine! Time will heal. Good luck!
That was the most heart wrenching page ever... I have sat here and cried.. I am so thankful that she has healed up ok... The Lord is faithful to supply what we need in those times isn't He!
Also, the page itself is GORGEOUS!!!! You are amazing!
Well, that made me cry!! Poor baby!! It would be easier to go through it ourselves wouldn't it? Lovely documentation of the accident, not that you'll ever forget it. No one's fault...accidents happen every day to such innocents and no one ever really knows the purpose. maybe just to make us all stronger.
Oh my... I have tears in my eyes and it seems like my whole body hurts. What a courageous little girl. And what a courageous mommy. That page is awesome.
What a heart wrenching story, i am so glad that her fingers were saved even if they are little misshapen. Our MacDonalds in the UK all have special plastic sleeves that run up the door frame and slow closing doors to prevent finger trapping. i am so sorry what you had to go through, there is nothing worse than having our children hurting.
WOW, that journaling was so touching, I have tears in my eyes. I can't even begin to understand how you felt during this time. SO glad to hear that it all worked out...Jesus was with you that day!
Oh my goodness. What an event. I am totally choked up right now both for your baby girl and for you, mommy! How scary but good for you for being so brave for your little girl. What a sweet page this is.
Oh my gosh! I'm so awestruck - what a beautiful and heart wrenching LO and the journaling is just fabulous! Horrid story - a mom (and chld's) worst nightmare, but yet it's part of who you both are and a memory/story worth preserving. WONDERFUL!
Wow! Great, heartfelt journaling. What an experience; she must have plenty of grit to go through something like this. My son fell off the deck when he was about two and I had to take him to the ER to get stitches in his head. I know that feeling of uncontrolable panic; you have done a phenomenal job scrapping about it!
Ok, totally in tears for you little one. What a trooper she is. Having a young child experience any kind of accident is horrific on the child and the parent. My little one fell off a playground equipment and broke her collar bone at 23 months. I've never been so scared or cried so much. It just breaks a mothers heart when their little one is hurt and then to be so strong. God Bless your little one and Im happy things worked out well for her. Its a beautiful layout and the colors are so pretty.
The trauma! Brings back memories of my little girl. She was always getting black eyes, stitches and surgery. I feel your mommy-pain. So glad she is healing well. What a strong, sweet girl.
Ohhhhhhhh, what a hard time-for her & u. As a mom myself I bet it was harder on u. accidents really do happen - forgive yourself,just like He forgives us:)
My DD Fiona severd her fingers in a door. The journaling is tucked behind the patterned paper it is long so don't feel as if you have to read it. This picture was so hard to scrap! Such an emotional time!
Journaling:We went to McDonald’s for lunch because I was tired. Gwen was still not sleeping through the night and I had no food in the house. So we ran our errands and decided that lunch out would be easier. First stop the bathroom, I wanted everyone to go so we would not have to get up during our meal and we needed to wash our hands. I opened the door and Miles held it open for us. Thinking everyone was out he let go….the next thing I hear is a scream. I will never forget the sound it still haunts me to this day. I set the baby carrier down and Miles had reopened the door but it was to late. When I first looked at your little fingers they just looked badly pinched, until the fell backward, severed almost completely off. I lost it, you lost it, Gwen lost it. All I could think of was your wedding day! I know it sounds strange but it’s what went through my mind. By know there are people all around us, comforting the baby, calming me down, I was just holding on to you. A gentleman asked if he should call 911. Yes please do, I think I answered if not me then someone else. Someone brought ice, the police came, and then the ambulance. The policeman brought you a bear that you called Doctor and I answered lots of questions. You had stopped crying and everyone was amazed at how good you were. We got ready to go in the ambulance when they told me the boys could not come with us. There were not enough seatbelts. So I called poppa and he left work to come and get them. I left them alone in the care of the McDonald’s manager until he got there. I know she gave them happy meals and coloring books. The boys don’t talk about this so that is all I know. We went to the hospital, you on the stretcher holding your bear and me sitting next to you with the baby. The Emergency tech explained to me that the best surgeon the hospital had was on call that day and I would not need to wait for a plastic surgeon. I could see the hands of God taking care of us. At the hospital a nurse named Orie took care of you until the doctor arrived. I fed Gwen and she fell asleep. Then I held you and you fell asleep. I could not believe how strong you were! Your hand must have been in so much pain and is was beginning to smell, but there you slept. I just prayed for it all to end, for your fingers to get better, that there would be no infection. The Doctor came and explained to me that he would be able to stitch your fingers back together and that in children under 4 there was a 95% chance they would grow back. He would have to numb your hand and sheet wrap you so you would lay still. Still you slept on. He went to go prep and when you woke up two hours later we were ready. By this time your poppa and brothers had arrived and baby Gwen was the hit of the ER. Everyone wanted to hold her and play with her! I could just focus on you. You cried and screamed when the nurse sheet wrapped you and gave you the numbing shots in your hand. But after that you just laid there and watched the cartoon that had put on for you. You were so strong! Poppa almost fainted at the smell and sight but not you my sweet baby! I was just praying for it to be over; forgotten, but realizing that this would forever be a part of you. We were able to take you home around 4:00, four hours after the accident. The nurse showed me how to care for your fingers and wrap them. I had to use this special non-stick gauze pad, then wrap them tightly so they would not get bumped. You were so good and would sit so still. We saw a plastic surgeon for 6 weeks to make sure everything healed correctly, to watch for infection, and that you would not need any corrective surgery. We prayed for you every minute it seemed, it consumed us, and we thought of nothing else; we could do nothing else. You were only two and a half years old when this happened and you are forever changed. God gave us a miracle in the healing. Both of your nails grew back and the ring finger looks normal. Only the pinky is a bit pinched, the surgeon told us that by the time you were grown it would not even be noticeable. But you remember, you who used to do everything with you left hand no longer use it. You call it the “owie” hand and keep is safely by your side. You (and everyone else) are overly cautions around doors, we always use the handicap entrance for safety and no one opens any door unless its an adult. My sweet Fiona I am so sorry this happened to you!! I saw it as my fault, If only I hadn’t been carrying the baby in the carrier, if only I hadn’t let Miles be in charge of the door, if only, if only, if only….. But then I had to give it to Jesus, it was just an accident and there is a purpose for everything. God gives us the strength to move on . Someday soon it will be a distant memory, even if it was one that changed our lives forever.
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