A BOo-BOo week - Part 1

I had a very embarrassing, stressful week.

It started on a Monday - hubby and I bought a pair of band aids for $200 for Leon. And you might say, "what the $%^&?". That's just how I summarized that morning when I suddenly had the urge to clip Leon's nails. And yes, I accidentally nicked his skin or maybe I clipped beyond the "line"!!!

I wasn't panicking at first and then I saw blood. And then, more blood. Holy me! It was bleeding profusely. We put pressure on the finger nail. Leon wasn't in pain, amazingly, but he hated that I kept holding his finger. After 30 minutes of bleeding, I told Louie we needed to rush to the emergenecy cause I didn't know what to do anymore.

We took off and instead of going to Westmead Children's public hospital - which is like 20 minutes away, I thought we're better off taking him to the Hills Private Hospital - which is minutes away from home.

He was attended to right away. But the nurse instantly told me that there was really not much they can do but to apply the same pressure as what I've been doing for the last hour. I wanted to run out before they start giving me the bill. But I was too shy to even ask if we can just excuse ourselves and not be seen by the physician anymore - (so, er, I won't have to pay the consultation fee). And she was too quick to say, "Let me see what I can do.". -

She weighed Leon and took his temp. (My eyebrows were meeting in the middle already! - I mean, do you really need to do that to stop the bleeding?). Anyway, she escorted us to one of the emergency beds and I put down Leon who was still a happy baby. The doctor came and said the same thing.... "nothing you can do but to wait for the bleeding to stop." ... And I noticed, that the bleeding has slowed down. Hmnnn...

He ordered the nurse to put band aid on Leon's tiny thumb. She placed one over the thumb and another one around the thumb.

I had a laugh when Leon tried to suck his fave thumb. He must have found the texture unfamiliar.

Upon check-out, we had to pay $200 for doctor's fees. That's already discounted, mind you!

Oh Louie consoled me that the $200 has spared us from queueing at the public hospital for at least 5 hours. With $200 I was able to buy myself some peace of mind without arduously waiting. The band aids? Let's say they were freebies! Hehehe!

Want more? On to the next boo-boo...