Miller Mania by definition:

My blog's name I thought was very appropriote for my life. Here's the definition for "mania":
1. "excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood"
2. "excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm"
Sounds about right, huh?

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Ouchie!!!

On Paul & Lillie's birthday I was packing the van for our camping trip to Nauvoo (I'll have to post about that. It was fun.) while the girls were playing outside & in & around the van. I went into the house to get another load of stuff & in the amount of time it took me to walk into the kitchen I heard screaming from out front. I ran out to find Abbie with blood running down her chin. Keeley told me that Abbie fell out of the van's side door into the azalea bush. Great. Apparently she nose dived into the bush & a branch attacked her chin, just below her bottom lip.
I took her into the house with blood running down onto Abbie's shirt & pants & dripping on the floor & my shirt. Keeley brought me a washrag so I could wet it & apply a little pressure to stop (or at least slow down) the bleeding. There was enough blood that I knew I was going to have to take her to the ER. I just needed to see if the cut went all the way through her lip or not. Of course Paul was at work, so I called Heidi & Wayne to come stay with the big girls so I could take Abbie to the ER. I called Paul & told him to meet me there when he got off work. (This all happened around 7:30pm. I was finally leaving at about 8pm & Paul got off work at 9.)

I managed to get my poor baby calmed down a little bit by offering her an un-iced cupcake. (I know, I'm a great mom! My kids hadn't even had dinner because we'd had a late lunch.) Every time she would talk her cut would open up & bleed more. It was gross. We sat in the waiting room for about 30-45 minutes before heading to a room.
The ER nurse cleaned up her chin a little so they could get a good look at her cut. It was decided that she would probably just have it glued shut instead of stitches. YEA!

Paul finally got there while we waited for the Nurse Practitioner to come in. By then Abbie wasn't crying any more, but her lip still bled every time she talked. We entertained her by letting her play with some gloves. Paul had her pretending to be a doctor. It was pretty cute, even if she was wearing blood stained clothes.

Once the nurse practitioner came in she looked at it to make sure it didn't go all the way through. She determined that it didn't, but that it had cut the inside of her top lip also, along with scraping the inside of her nose. My poor little baby! I felt horrible. Paul held Abbie down so she could clean out the wound really well before gluing it shut. That hurt. Poor Abbie screamed during the whole process. I, of course, took some pictures.

We were able to leave pretty shortly after the gluing was finished & Abbie got a bunch of stickers. We got home a little after 10.

Needless to say, it was quite the adventure.
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As I reflect on all that I have been blessed with I am overwhelmed with gratitude & love for the Lord. I have been blessed with a wonderful family. Two girls who are full of love & life. A husband who works so hard to support our family, & still finds the energy to be a fantastic father. A comfortable home with all the necessities of life. I have been blessed to have been born in the USA where I have so many freedoms, including the freedom to worship as I choose. I have been blessed with goodly parents who love the Lord & have always been a steadfast example of faith & following Jesus Christ's example. I have been blessed to know that I am a child of God & can return to live with him someday if I but follow Christ's example & keep the covenants I have made with my Father in Heaven. I know that Jesus Christ came to the earth & was the perfect example of how we should live our lives in order to become more like our Heavenly Father. I know that God loves me, & all who walk the earth, so much that He allowed Christ to suffer for the sins of the world so that we can all repent (as often as is needed) & be cleansed of our sins. I know that Christ died on the cross & was resurrected so that all mankind may be resurrected as well.
I know that the Lord loves us so much that he restored the fullness of his gospel to the earth through a prophet named Joseph Smith. I know that the Lord has given us the Book of Mormon as another testament of Christ or another witness of Christ in addition to the Bible. I have read the Book of Mormon & have prayed to know of the truthfulness of it. I received this confirmation via the Holy Spirit. I know that it is true. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I know that the Lord wants to communicate with us & that He does so through a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson.
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