My Life

Happy Belated Thanksgiving to everyone.

We had a nice time over at Kevan's parent's house. Lots of people. Great food.

My goal now is to get some school stuff done before Monday. I really want to make a teacher's binder so that I feel more organized. I need a better planning system that doesn't use so much paper. I can't find a book that I like so I'm going to have to make one myself.

I also want to make a binder for the kids medical records and stuff. It will have dividers for each child and I can keep copies of paperwork and immunization/exemption forms in it. It's something I've wanted to do for a while now but after Wednesday night, I really need to do it.

We were getting ready to eat dinner and I asked Em to go feed the cat. A few minutes later I heard her calling for me in her "I'm really hurt" voice. I found her in the extra bathroom (the cat's dishes are in our bathroom) with a severly cut finger. :( I got it wrapped to help slow the bleeding but when I peeked at it and the blood was coming out slowly in rhythm to her pulse, I knew it required an ER visit.

In triage they asked if her immunizations were up to date. I said, "We no longer immunize." He asked if she had ever had a tetanus. I said I think so but I'm not sure (it's been so long!). Back in the exam room the physician's asst. asked again. I told her the same thing and then Kevan piped up to say that Em had been immunized up until around the age of 3-4yrs. I went ahead and said it was ok for her to have it.

I really shouldn't have done that. :( And at the very least, I should have asked to see the paperwork and vial for the vax.

Last night I was looking over the discharge papers again and saw (and I have NO idea how I missed this earlier), "....a vaccination of tetanus and diptheria was given."

WHAT!!!???

Even though I fully recognize I'm partly at fault, I am livid. There was no mention at all about diptheria.

And I am SO angry with myself that I wasn't more on top of it and assertive. I should have refused and said we would follow up with her Dr later on. :( So now I am trying to justify in my head that she's not an itty bitty where it may effect her more. She is VERY healthy otherwise so her immune system is quite strong.

When you know better...you do better. And if we ever are in that situation again, I will refuse it.

Thankfully Em's finger is doing well. She needed six stitches. Which doesn't sound like much but on a little nine year old finger, it looks like a lot! We're supposed to go later this week to her Dr and get them taken out.