Apparently DD has inherited my clumsiness/self-injury gene.
We were at a friend's birthday party Saturday and she was playing hide- n-seek with the other kids - she was the youngest one playing. The oldest was a teenager who had already gotten on my bad side by turning off and unplugging the Wii and telling my son he couldn't play, then snapping at me that I needed to tell him to share (after the wife of our friend had told the girls that turning it off and saying he couldn't play was rude and that because they did that, my son was allowed to play by himself for as long as he wanted). Anyway, friend's daughter was "it" first and all she did was say, "I found you, "X"" and that was it for that person. DD was next to be it, and apparently they changed the rules because when DD said, "I found you guys" they all took off running from her. NO big deal......EXCEPT.....
they were hiding behind my van, and right next to where the van was parked was a sharp drop off into a gully filled with fist-size and larger rocks! None of the girls even bothered to apologize to her, though she was bleeding from her knee, elbow, and especially her head.
Thankfully, wife of friend is a nurse and both she and one of her coworkers looked at DD and tried to clean her up a bit...bleeding wouldn't stop so we took DD to the ER where they cleaned her up much more thoroughly and ended up cutting a little bit of her hair so that they could put dermabond on the puncture in her head.
She's had headaches off and on since then, and has regressed a bit in her speech. Right now we are working under the believe that this is what she does when she doesn't feel well, however, if she continues to do so tomorrow, we will be taking her in to see her regular doctor.
I used this as a learning experience/teaching experience....pointed out that the teenager was out of line: snapping at me, making decisions about the Wii, and leading elementary school children into a dangerous situation. Spoke to my kids about how, when they are older, they need to keep in mind the ages of the children that are interacting with them so that the younger children don't end up getting hurt....doubt it means anything right now, but at least we had a calm talk about it. Also had a long talk with DD who informed the ER nurse that she was "humiliated" because everybody had to come look at her and she just wanted to be left alone...she also thought that she had ruined the party, etc.....that's been dealt with and she is ready to do swim lessons.
However, as I said, she's been complaining of headaches and has regressed in her speech....just worried, I guess