March 17th, 2011 was not only a Wednesday, St. Patricks Day or another school day for my kids, another day filled with mounds of laundry...March 17th was the day that put things into perspective just a bit more for me....
That morning seemed to be a rushed morning for us as a family. We seemed to be behind schedule getting ready for school and if you know my family at all (and probably you face this too), if our time is off from the start....the whole day is off!
I had just finished getting my little ones their breakfast and sent them off to finish getting teeth brushed, deoderant on and bags ready. My oldest daughter was going to be staying home from school sick with a belly bug. On this morning my husband was going to head over to a job site for a new school being built near our home and was going to go there before heading to the office. My hubby was getting ready to leave for work and came into the kitchen to kiss me goodbye. I was a bit "out of sorts" I thought from being behind with the morning and as we said our goodbyes, I told him I had a very uneasy feeling. He told me to have a good day and would call me later on in the day to check in, and then he left.
So as usual, I got the munchkins all ready for the bus, got out there just in time and began my day. Usually in the mornings I take my time, shuffle around the house with my faithful coffee cup in hand. I wait for my little man to wake up and we enjoy snuggle time while watching Diego. That morning he woke up earlier than I was expecting, and so he had his breakfast as I picked things up around the house.
It was going on 8:30 and if I wanted to get that ever so wonderful shower in for the day...now was the time! I was getting ready for my shower when the phone rang, and as I was walking past I glanced down at the caller ID to see it was an unknown name/number. I don't know about you, but to me that was a sales call and a waste of my time to answer it. On the third ring, a feeling came over me so strong to answer it...and so at 8:35 a.m. I answered the phone.
With every ounce of me I was so hoping that when I said hello, it would not be a sales call or survey that needed the next 10 minutes of my time...this momma needed her shower! But what I heard will forever change the course of my day.
I answered the phone with a very curt hello and the voice on the other line asked if this were Mrs. Maxwell? I told them yes, as I know not in a very nice tone. The lady on the other end began telling me she was a nurse at a local hospital, and that my husband was in a very bad car accident.
TIME STOOD STILL........
Between the raging thoughts, asking myself if I heard her right she began to tell me that I needed to come as quick and I could. I asked her again which hospital he was at and as the conversation was almost at an end, she told me....They are working on him! (Ok, sidenote here - If you have ever watched a television show and they are "working" on someone, what comes to mind? Well in my mind came the vision of doctors and nurses all around my husband, someone yelling "CLEAR" with those paddles and the heart monitor beeping sound!) I hung up the phone.
TIME STOOD STILL........
I have never in my life felt the way I did. Not only panic, what do I do, fear...but frozen with fear! I literally could not move for what felt like forever. I remember at that point kind of snapping out of it and talking out loud to myself trying to talk my way into what to do. I told myself to get dressed, to turn off the shower, and to go downstairs. We are very thankful in the living situation we have in our home. My parents live with us and the way the house is set up, they are within an arms reach, thank God! I went to tell them about the call I just got and they went into "help" mode. My Mom stayed home with my daughter and son, my Dad drove me to the hospital and let me tell you that was the LONGEST...DRIVE...EVER!
TIME STOOD STILL.......
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