Thread: A fathers elation!

Originally Posted by bpave777

Wow that was tough to read Mark, I can't imagine how tough it was go see your girl go through that. I'm so glad to read that she's already acting like a kid again. Good job keeping a cool head.

+1... Big ups on keeping a level head & glad everyone's on the mend .

wow....what a story.. glad to hear all is getting better.

Mark, I'm really glad to read all will be well. I can imagine the horror, shock, and endless guilt all too well, having a daughter myself. You've always sounded like such a good Dad, so I hope you don't beat yourself up too much over it. Sh1t happens sometimes, no matter how careful or thorough you are. And I do agree, being a parent can be such a rollercoaster ride! One day elated, another mad as hell, etc. I gothrough these everyday it seems:

Hey Mark,

Thanks for sharing that story. Having raised two girls for eleven years I know the emotions you probably went through. While you may carry memories of pain around the rest of your life, your daughter will only remember the love and kindness.

Brad

Mark,

Thanks for sharing that. I only realized after you said she was doing better that I had been reading as fast as I could while holding my breath.
As a father of a daughter, I can only imagine.....

That's one tough little girl.

Whenever I see a kid fall, I have a habit of saying, "That's why they make them close to the ground". I can only imagine how long I would be F'd up if I fell from and was dragged by a moving car. Kids are tougher than this old man.

The things kids do to scare the crap outta you, as a father of 5 girls my sympathies to all parents.

Thank god you stopped immediately! Great to hear she is doing well and you are getting some peace of mind. I let my now five year old daughter, when she was four, hold the dog's leash at the top of our very high and long front staircase (brick), and the dog took off and dragged her forward. I (in a very manly high pitched screech) yelled "LET GO". Don't know if that helped or she just has instincts, but thankfully she let go and only fell onto the first landing (about three steps) and jumped up saying "I'm ok, only hurts a little bit." And thankfully my dog is a pug, not a labrador. My dad and I almost died from shock, as we both felt completely stupid and helpless and couldn't believe we'd let a four year old hold the leash at the top of the stairs. I spent the rest of the day wondering if I should have tried to dive after her, or somehow done something else. It's just terrifying being a parent - one moment of stupid and you jeopardize your kid. It amazes me that anyone survives childhood.

And I won't even get into my younger daughter's bleeding disorder (that thankfully ran it's one year course and is gone) where any bang to the head could be lethal if it caused internal bleeding. She ran into a steel doorjam and had a baseball sized ball of of blood over her eye (thankfully it swelled outside the skull and not inside). That was a year of fear.

And daily I gasp as my 8 month old tries to eat everything small and hard in the house.

And yet they seem to make it somehow! : )

Anyway, I'm really glad your situation worked out. I'm sure she'll remind you at some wedding speech or the like. LOL

I am here inrecovery as I type. My daughter just woke up from her second surgery and informed me that she wants a hamburger and apple juice.

Thank you all for your responses to this thread and the PM's

The brace and stitches were removed on Tuesday. she has a bandage wrapped around her knee. The wound is still healing. her leg is stiff but getting better. We will be removing the bandages tomorrow.

She is a little trooper and I am much relieved.