Twice in ONE week?

Ok, it's been quite the weekend here at the Turner house. I know I say that a lot, but, well, we don't usually end up in the ER twice in one week. In fact, we have never been to the ER with any of our 4 kids - that is, until last week. I posted earlier about going with Lucas because of his asthma issues. Well, this weekend we got to hang out at Children's Mercy yet again. On Saturday morning Austin decided Gabriella's ears were dirty and thought he would clean them up. He got ahold of a Q-tip and went to town. Gabriella screamed, but calmed down and got over it as she always does. Didn't think too much about it as she didn't say it hurt or anything. When she wouldn't eat lunch I went and sat by her and noticed there was blood coming out of her ear. At that point I thought we better head to the Urgent Care. Long story short they sent us over to Children's Mercy downtown to see how bad the damage was. Luckily they think she is going to be ok - we do have a ruptured eardrum though. They aren't sure of any more damage until the blood is all cleared out and after it heals up a bit - it's too messy to see much right now. We are suppose to go to the ENT within 5 days to have it checked out again - that would be Thursday - so time will tell. Gab has been quite a trooper - has never complained once that it hurts. She has to take ear drops (yuck) twice a day and she does awesome. Today was the first time she decided they weren't so fun, but still did pretty good. We were in the hospital ALL day Saturday - took hours before we were seen. Got there at 2:30 and got home at 8pm by the time I got the prescriptions filled. Quite a full day. I'm pretty sure it won't be the last time we visit the hospital, but I would at least like to get these 2 visits paid for before we have to go back again. We haven't even gotten the bill from the first visit with Lucas. Good grief. I have to say there is nothing more heart-wrenching than seeing your child in pain. So awful. Luckily, Gab is the toughest kid ever. I think tomorrow we are all going to sit on the couch and just watch TV all day - no one can get injured doing that, right??
Oh wait...Shawn rigged up a huge tire swing from our big tree in the backyard - it is WAY cool. Looks like we should be back in the ER by Friday - ha !!
Hope you are having the time of your life!
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