Traveling nightmare! including ambulance & ER

[SIZE=10pt]After spending a week at grandma & grandpas house we boarded the OVERsold airplane to start the 3 hour trek home.
Amazingly the seat next to me was open, but they didnt tell me before so I didnt take our car seat on the plane. I was holding my DS.
My DH was sitting in the seat in front of me holding our DD.

We taxiied out to the runway and as we were preparing to take off I layed the baby down to nurse. My arm was starting to get tired so I tried to put the arm rest down but it wouldnt go, I tried again. Next thing I know my DS was screaming bloody murder and there was blood, alot, coming from somewhre!

I had accidently smashed his finger in the armrest! He was screaming, blood was flowing. A pediatrician was on the flight and came and looked at it. He thought we would need stitches so they turned our plane around and took us back to the gate where the paramedics met us and took us to the hospital.

He ended up with 4 stitches. I felt like the WORST mom ever!! Here I am tring to do a good thing, nursing my baby, and instead Im injuring him! then I felt bad for the people on the plane who were listening to him scream bloody murder while we tried to get the bleeding under control, not to mention we delayed the whole plane.

Now our luggage, car seats/stroller still went home and we are staying one more day at grandma & grandpas until we can try to fly home again tonight. IM WORRIED! The flight is oversold again, we couldnt even buy another seat so we dont have to do the lap infant thing.

I hope it goes smooth and that we dont have anymore injuries![/SIZE]

 

I am so sorry you had to go through that! You are not a bad mom-it was an accident! I really hope your next flight goes much smoother. Hope your little guy is feeling better!

 

OMG!! How scary!! Poor lil guy!!! :hug: It doesnt make you a bad mom. Accidents happen. My DS had a lot of stitches in his mouth a few months back. :hug:

 

Aww sorry that happened. It was an accident and everything will hopefully be ok this time when you go back.

 

:hug: poor guy and poor mom too, I know you feel terrible. I hope you have a good uneventful flight today :grouphug:

 

Accidents happen. Don't beat yourself up about it. :hug: I hope you have an uneventful trip home.

 

:hug: It's not your fault!!! :hug:

It could happen to anyone.. and if we had ever taken a plane, it probably would have been me!! Kids are resiliant! Sorry for the delay & the hospital trip!

 

:hug: It was an accident. I hope your trip home is slightly less uneventful

 

:grouphug: I'm so sorry that you had to go through this! I'm glad that your DS is okay. It was just an accident! I hope the return trip home is less eventful!

 

i'm so sorry! i bet you just feel awful! it was a complete accident and you can feel good knowing he will never remember any of it I'm sure... take care of the little guy and he'll heal up good... :hug:

 

so sorry that happened to you all mama! Hugs to you--please don't beat yourself up over it, accidents happen.

Hope your little guy is mending up well, and that you have a safe, uneventful travel home!

 

:hug: Oh you poor thing and your poor lil DS! Hope he makes a fast recovery!

Dont worry, it was an accident and Im sure he´s forgiven you Dont beat yourself up about it. Hope you get home OK.

 

OH this will make such a good story some day
What a freak thing!!! WOW!! I hope the next flight goes a little smoother for the family

 

my goodness thats awful!!!!! we all have accidents, dont feel too bad cuz youre an awesome mom!

 

Geeze, that sounds awful. Hope everything is going better now.

 

I hope the second flight goes better. Don't beat yourself up over it, I could have totally seen myself accidentally doing something like that.

 

I'm the one who posted a few weeks ago when I cut the end of my DDs thumb off while clipping her nails, so things like this happen. It rips your heart out, but your baby forgave you immediately. I'm so sorry!!!

 

I'm so sorry for the traumatic airplane experience!! Those planes are so darn crowded - it is so hard to get into a good nursing position, don't beat yourself up over it - it could happen to anyone!! I hope your DS and you are feeling better and that your flight home is very, very uneventful!!! :hug:

 

We nearly cut the tip of dd #3's pinky off when she was one yo and it got shut in the bathroom door. I remember the awful feeling, and that was without being on a plane. So sorry this happened to you. The best thing you can do is let it go. As everyone else said, accidents happen. :hug:

 

Oh no! I know you must've felt horrible. . . I feel badly for both of you!

 

*hugs* So sorry this happened. Accidents happen. You are not a bad mom. *hugs*


Dianna

 

Yikes. You will all come out of it fine and he won't even remember it.
Poor Mama and Baby though.

Just wait until he is jumping the coffee table with flaming hula hoop attached in a few years. The number of stitches only gets higher.

Hang in there. I think we have all had an instant where we accidentally injured our little ones. I know I have.