Freak Accident

About a month ago the kids noticed this little waterpark on the side of the road on our way to Costco in Riverdale and have been dying to go. It got the highest number votes on our summer fun list so on Saturday we decided to go. It is a ghetto park. There are only 3 waterslides, a kiddie area and an inflatable water slide. That's it. No pool to swim in or anything but the kids just had to go so they were so excited. When we got there Neil took the 3 boys on the waterslides and I went to the kiddie area with Lucy. She wanted nothing to do with the water. Sam eventually came over because he was scared and Mikey would wander between Neil and I. We were there about 30 minutes and I hear Amy come to the Snow Shack please. I didn't think they meant me because they would have said Hibbert. Ten minutes go by and Lucy starts to wander over to the waterslides so I follow her and a woman comes up to me and asks if I'm Amy to which I say yes and she replies your husband is badly hurt and about to pass out. An ambulance is on the way. What? I go over to find Neil laying on the floor shaking and as white as could be. I was in shock. Neil had went down one of the slides with Mikey and started going fast and with all the momentum went high up on a turn and came crashing down on his shoulder. You could see a bone poking out. He ended up breaking his collarbone. The ambulance showed up and his vitals were good and they asked if I wanted to take him to the hospital or if I would drive him. Neil was scared he would pass out but in the end I drove him. The kids were oblivious to their father laying on the ground grunting in pain and kept riding the slides and were upset when I told them we had to go. Luckily there were some wonderful people who helped me round up the boys and hold Lucy and take care of Neil, etc. I dropped Neil off at the ER and took the kids home, got them settled with my neighbor til Linda showed up and headed back to the hospital. I was wreck on the way back. All I could think about was the dad who had recently died at the baseball game catching a foul ball. He was there having a good time with son and a freak accident caused his body to go into cardiac arrest and die on the way to the hospital. That was in my mind and I was getting more and more upset not knowing if he'd be alive but then I remembered his patriarchal blessing and knew things had not been fulfilled yet and I was filled with peace. I hate how my mind automatically turns to the worst case scenario. At the ER it was confirmed that the he broke his clavicle pretty bad and that we'd need to see an orthopedic surgeon on Monday. Neil called and told the YM's president what happened and he hooked us up with an orthopedic surgeon who looked at the xray Sunday and did surgery today, Monday. What a blessing. We are scheduled to go to GA on Thursday and if he had not had surgery today he would not have been able to go with us on Thursday. It's still iffy but I think all will work out. So I am here waiting for him to come out of surgery. Luckily I brought my computer to update my blog. He's out of surgery and just feels weird. All he remembers is going into the operating room and laying down on a bed and then he wakes up in another room. He's not in any pain now but that will come tomorrow morning. The doctor said he can't go to work this week which he's disappointed about it. He'll be off for 3 weeks now.

Here's Neil all prepped for sugery
Look at that sexy thing sporting his support hose.

Both Neil and I wondered if we didn't heed some warnings on Saturday. Did we miss a prompting but neither of us think so. Sometimes things just happen and we'll learn something from them. I'm sad that Neil's going to miss out with playing with the kids on vacation. He'll now be an observer rather than a participant. We're still planning on having a blast however. All we really care about is making sure the kids have a hard time and when seeing them having fun is fun for us. Neil is such a trooper. I love my sweetie!