Sophia’s accident and LATE trip to the ER.
Last Saturday, Sophia was with her ama reading some textbooks from school inside her room which is at the second floor of the house. I was downstairs, at the dining room specifically, fixing our lunch when suddenly I heard a loud bang/sound and saw Sophia’s “baby stairway gate” which was located at the top of our stairs fall. The next thing I knew, one of Sophia’s slipper was already in front of me. I was shocked. I thought Sophia fell too! I almost had a heart attack, I swear even if I wasn’t sure yet if she really fell. I ran upstairs and saw her sitting on the uppermost step of the stairs shocked also. Thank God she did not fall with the baby gate. Apparently, her ama said, Sophia ran outside her room and wanted to go down so she pushed the stair gate. I am guessing because of wear and tear, the stair gate probably has loosened screws so she was able to push it with ease that fast.
The dad who was in our room that time came out and carried her as she started crying after seeing me so worried. All the while we thought that was it not until when Sophia’s yaya saw blood on the floor. We started searching for a wound and there we saw her right foot bleeding. The cut was an inch big. Maybe a part of the stair gate hit her foot before falling. I immediately got cotton balls with Betadine and applied it on the wound. After a while, it stopped bleeding so even if we had doubts of the wound being deep and was thinking of taking her to the ER to make sure, we decided against it. Wrong.
The next day, Sunday, the wound was fine but by Monday, after the Mother’s Day Program of Rosemont at Alabang Country Club, it bled again. Maybe because of Sophia’s walking or something, I don’t know so we immediately took her to Asian Hospital’s ER. The doctor on duty told me that the wound should have been stitched as it was a bit deep. Hay, I never felt so guilty in my life. I knew I shouldn’t have taken it for granted. Moreso, the doctor said that it was prone to infection so he prescribed an antibiotic, a very high dose at that because it has been two days already according to him. He even cited Tetanus as another concern so he asked me if Sophia is complete with all her vaccine shots. To confirm, he wanted me to call her pedia but that time her pedia was in HK so I was again in panic. But I’m pretty sure she’s complete with her vaccines as you might all know by now, her pedia is Jon’s tita.
The doctor then gave me an alternative, we can have it stitched for it to heal better and faster but they have to cut the wound again. Oh no! No way. I said I’d rather have the wound heal longer than usual as he said it was safe naman not to have it stitched but better lang if it was.
Here’s Sophia while at the ER after the doctor attended to her.
Now looking back, I should have known better. I always say that better to be safe than sorry but what was I thinking? Why didn’t I take her to the ER right away? If you ask the husband though, he thinks otherwise, he said that he would rather not take Sophia to the ER as he doesn’t want her to get the stitches. Weird huh?
26 Comments
1. cheryll commented on September 12, 2008 at 12:22 pm
scary!
2. mm commented on September 12, 2008 at 12:49 pm
buti di na nastitch ouchie
3. jean commented on September 12, 2008 at 4:41 pm
wawa naman si sophia…
4. peachy commented on September 12, 2008 at 9:43 pm
pag ganyang mga stitches, una pa ko hihimatayin talga hahaha..
5. jody commented on September 12, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Yay, ang lalim for it to require a stitch! Hay naku, we really shouldn’t take anything for granted ano? minsan kasi kala natin ok lang. Lesson learned. Pero parang walang masakit sa kanya sa picture ha! Grabe, bionic ang anak mo…ang laki-laki!
6. juliet commented on September 13, 2008 at 2:22 am
grabe jane! kakagaling ko lang sa blog ni jody then pagpunta ko dito na-aksidente rin si sophia. pero bilib ako sobra sa anak mo ha! kasi nag-pose pa rin sya sa camera nung nasa ER sya. she’s so brave! hope she’s ok now. paano yun, she’s not wearing school shoes muna?
7. tet commented on September 13, 2008 at 10:53 am
jane,
naku ang saket! natakot ako ha. kasi may gate din kame sa room at minsan natatanggal nga pagna lean ng masyado.but good thing okay na si sophia. brave girl talaga sya. at oo nga ang BIG na nya! para syang 6 or 7 years old hehehe..:)
8. eDs commented on September 13, 2008 at 11:10 am
naku.. mukhang ang lalim nga at kailangan pang istitch. Grabe ayoko din pa stitch si sophia kung ganun.. ang sakit ata nun.buti nalang she’s ok na
9. Apols commented on September 13, 2008 at 11:31 am
taas ng pain tolerance ng anak mo!!!! grabe!!!!
nakangiti pa hahaha
10. jacqui commented on September 14, 2008 at 10:14 am
Hi Jane,
at talagang naka-pose pa sa ER! hahaha!
Naku, can she go to school na ba? Kawawa naman
11. something purple commented on September 15, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hi (muna) jane hehhe! antagal kong di nakablog hop.
anyhoo, ethan had his 1st big big accident before turning 1, sa may eyebrow (kaya para syang may slit alam mo yung astig-astigan look lol) ang ginawa niya sa asian, glue lang. kasi usually sa mga kiddos daw glue muna.
2nd thing, siguro blessing na din yan jane kasi di na stitch si sophia.
grabe ang hirap talaga maging nanay noh? we can feel guilty even at the simplest things. happy monday!
sabi nga ni ethan sa akin: chill mom!
12. kelly commented on September 15, 2008 at 10:08 pm
mukhang wala naman kay sophia at nakasmile pa
i hope everything’s well now
13. abie commented on September 16, 2008 at 9:38 am
wawa naman si sophia…pero don’t feel guilty accident naman yun tsaka malamang ako din, di namin dalhin agad sa ER si Bela…
si jon at si howell pareho ng thinking..ayaw na ayaw dalhin ni howell si bela sa ospital…hehehe
btw sis pag may time ka, please share your thoughts:
http://princessbela16.blogspot.com/2008/09/to-big-school-or-not-to-big-school.html
14. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:46 am
yeah cheryll scary nga… hay, i hope it wont happen ever again.
15. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:47 am
mm, yun din sabi ni jon. he prefers daw na di na stitch kase kawawa naman,
16. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:47 am
yes jean kawawa nga pero ang likot kase!
17. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:48 am
peachy, same here. nanginginig ako sa ER while they were cleaning her wound. di ko alam kung sa lamig ba o sa nerbyos hehe.
18. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:50 am
oo jody dapat daw na stitch. ewan ko ba kung OA lang yung doctor na tumingin or what pero the daddy prefers na di na stitch. buti na lang nga eh mataas pain tolerance ni sophia or else….
19. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:51 am
oo nga juliet, bilib din ako actually kase ayoko siya pinapalakad pero siya okay lang to walk. lakas ng loob! and yes, she doesnt wear school shoes muna.
20. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:52 am
tet, naku bwisit nga gate na yan. better check all the time kase kakatakot talaga. but now sophia learned her lesson na haha. the hard way nga lang pero thankful pa rin that nothing serious happened. and yes, super laki niya talaga.
21. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:53 am
yes eds, she’s okay na. thanks.
22. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:53 am
apols, o diba? mega project pa haha! mataas pain tolerance nga niya. di mana sa kin obviously!
23. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:55 am
jacqui oo naman. mega pose diba? ibnag klase talaga yan hahaha.
she goes to school pero she’s not wearing school shoes and binilin ko din siya sa teacher niya na pakialalayan muna.
24. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:58 am
em!!! girl, sorry at di ako nakaka blog hop sa mga blogssss mo. busy ang beauty ko lately. sunod sunod mga happenings sa anak kong malikot hahahaha. and you know naman in between, ang raket diba? haha
anyway, ay talah ethan din? wow, super bata pa nun ha! and buti na lang hi tech na tayo at may gkue glue na hehe. siguro nga blessing din na di na stitch. if you ask jon kase he prefers na din na di na stitch. feeling daw niya OA yung doctor. o diba? nagmagaling ang asawa ko? LOL.
o cya, last i read sa blog mo ethan is going to school na. how is he? how is it? i hope enjoy namna siya at di maging bully tulad ni sophia haha. goodluck!
25. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 11:59 am
hi kelly! yeah, i get amazed how my little girl takes everything. ang taas ng pain tolerance. di mana sa kin hehe.
26. stage mom commented on September 22, 2008 at 12:00 pm
abie, naku ganun din ba si howell? si jon talaga firm na mas gusto daw niya di ma stitch ewan ko ba dun. anyway, buti na lang she’s fine now. iniisip ko na lang, i should be thankful at di siya nahulog diba???
anyway, i shared na my thought on your dilemma.