Big-Time Call for Prayer...UPDATED...Twice

As of 6:22PM Mountain Time - Captain Chaos fell down our basement stairs...hard...he was playing with a "walking assistance toy" (you know, the kind that they stand up and push to help them learn how to walk), and somehow, some way, unseen by BB or myself ended up following it down the stairs to the basement.

Don't panic!!! He fell down stairs that are carpeted and padded...but the landing is over concrete, not wood...he bloodied his nose, scraped the skin on his nose, bashed his left ear, and bonked the left side of his forehead as he went down.

On the good news front - He did not appear to have been knocked out. His pupils were fully responsive, and there was not a single abrasion or mark on his arms, legs, backs, belly, hands or feet. We called the local "Nurse Line" and because he fell down a full flight of stairs, which is more than twice his height, they highly recommended that he be seen...so they called our local Urgent Care, and BB took him about 10 minutes ago.

On the bad side...He took about 15 seconds before he started screaming, which happened to be right in BB's ear, as BB had sprinted down the stairs, skipping about half of them in one jump. We had to take him to Urgent Care. I had to stay behind because Tiny Princess was not yet down for the night...but needed to be badly. So, I just put her to bed, and emptied all the trash in the house.

I am now going into a frenzied, nervous energy cleaning fit, and will most likely have my entire house scrubbed, dusted, mopped, swept, and will only have to vacuum tomorrow morning before I go grocery shopping. Lord knows that I will not be sleeping tonight, regardless of the outcome of this tumble...

Please pray for BB as he sits with our little man at the doctor's office - that he will remain calm and be a steadfast source of peace for Captain Chaos, that he will be able to realize that even had we been standing right over the boy, he still would have fallen. Even with a gate, he still would have fallen, and could have been hurt even worse by being caught in the mesh of the gate, or the slide mechanism. Please pray for the doctor, that nothing will go undetected in my baby. Pray for me, that I'll not be totally freaked out over the next hours as I wait for the diagnosis.

We've already had one emergency trip to our local Children's Hospital, when he was only 8 months old. I do NOT wish to repeat such a trip. Ever. Again. In. My. Life.

The sound of my baby boy thumping and bumping down the stairs was the second most terrifying moment of my life, the first being the time on Super Bowl Sunday, 2007 when the doctor told us to drive to the hospital. Now. Don't go home for anything. Please pray for me. A Lot.

I don't know that I'll be able to relax about them playing freely for a long time to come.


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As of 7:49 PM the boys were back in the car and on their way home. Thank goodness we have both an ER and the urgent care facility!

Doctor saw Captain Chaos, and examined him, did the flashlight in the eye, and tested as many things as you can on a 28 month old...and deemed him "fine".

I am breathing easier, but still feel like such a schmuck! OY, to quote Inkling.

I, at least, will still watch him closely to insure that there wasn't something that was missed somehow, and will most likely not sleep very well tonight...but we'll see.

For now, I've cleaned 3 bathrooms, and swept and washed every surface that stands still and is solid!


OK, this is really, really, REALLY serious y'all!

1 - Our good friends in Oregon, who happen to be the proud parents of not-quite-3-year-old twins (3 in March), and soon-to-be-parents of baby #3 (any day now really) just found out that due to financial hardships and constraints, his last day of work is THIS FRIDAY... Please pray that they will be fine financially until a new job comes along. They have family in Oregon, as well as here in Colorado...and we'd love them to be closer to us for purely selfish reasons, but...Pray that a job for an engineer will open up SOON and have a great pay scale for them, so she can continue to only have to work 1 or 2 nursing shifts per month.

2 - BB was told, unofficially, that half of his job responsibilities are being handed off to someone new to the department. We don't who that is, when they will start, or if this is even true...but the source is pretty reliable...the half that is being left with BB are for the products that will be having an "end of life" within the next 24 months. Pray that BB will be retained at his company. We are prayerfully hoping that this means that they have something bigger and better in store for him, but know full well that it could mean he's out of a job sometime in the next 2 years...This comes at a crucial time for us. Just between you, me and the wall...our savings account is non-existent. We are currently paying for anything beyond the house expense with credit, and are unable to pay off the balance each month...I am, quite frankly, terrified that he will lose his job and that we will lose the house and all of the things for which we have worked. I am more terrified that he will get a position with a department at their San Jose office, and that we will have to move to California. Of course, it doesn't matter where we had to go, I am terrified of moving and being away from my folks and my brother...that's the way I am. I need my family.

3 - My brother, Missionary Man, and his wife are expecting their 2nd child any day. Her expected due date is the 17th of this month, but as you know, babies come when they are ready. She fell about 2 weeks ago, and really hurt her tailbone. They are in Kenya for the delivery, but she will have a natural delivery (God love her!), and is a bit worried that she won't be healed prior to the labor...pray that she will be healed, and will have a fast and healthy delivery, and that this little one will be healthy, and ready to travel! They arrive in the states 9 weeks from tonight!

Please be praying that we will be peaceful with the next days and weeks until we know more. Pray more that we will have financial wisdom, and guidance for BBs employment in general.

Pray for our friends' and their family - for a healthy delivery and baby, for a quick transition to a new job...

Pray for my new little niece (or nephew) and her parents and big brother...