A child in the ER

As you know, we are moving on Wednesday morning so things are very upside down over here. No matter how much I try to make it seem like we are normal, it's hard. So we went yard sale shopping today for more furniture for this huge farmhouse. I really love old rockers and tables and baskets and New England yard sales can be gold mines. We found a rocker and I put it in the living room. I was making lunch, Dick was delivering some stuff that was his sister's to her house. I had the water running when I heard this crash followed by hysterical screaming. Felix had rocked the new chair (which is super old) over and it flipped backwards and his head hit the corner of the brick hearth. There was blood literally squirting out of the back of his head and everytime he screamed, it squirted again. I have never seen anything like it. My knees went weak and I felt like I was going to vomit, but Annie was crying watching me and I just kept saying, Oh my God, oh my God. I grabbed a cloth and held it to the back of his head and got him to stop crying so the blood pressure would stop forcing blood out of his head. I stopped the bleeding and called the doc who thought he might need a stitch, but I didn't want to bring both kids to the ER. Anyway, Dick comes home but then, thinking everything was alright, went to a friend's house to hang out with his buddies and left his cell phone in his truck. Felix took a short nap and woke seeming okay, like no concussion signs, but his head was bleeding again and Dick wouldn't answer his phone. So my mom came over, but before I could leave, Annie was coughing like crazy and I had to teach her to use the nebulizer first. Then I took Felix and it took 3 hours because he had to get them to glue the thing shut and they tied knots in his hair to keep the wound closed!!!! As we were waiting for the departure papers, DH texts me all happy..."On my way home!" I'm like, f%&k you, I don't need you now. We had a discussion about how it's responsible to have a cell phone ON one's person. Both children are okay and in bed now, but my adrenaline is rushing and we still have to MOVE in four days.