Emergencies!!

Two emergencies almost back to back! I only remember two other emergencies in our whole 26-year-plus history! At our potluck Saturday, Cian's tearful exit ended up being for, yes, a broken arm -- poor guy. Now it'll be six weeks before he can use that right arm. He came in today with smiles and took a sewing card to his table soon after arriving only to find out that sewing is impossible with only one hand. So we went around the classroom together so I could show him some activities that he could do that only required one arm and we only made it to one shelf before he chose something he wanted to do. A real trooper!

Then today while we were dismissing the morning children Eliason came up to me complaining of a stomachache. I suggested going down to the bathroom to see if that would help. A little later Leslie heard him crying in the bathroom. She brought him back to the classroom and I called Barbara, but while she was on her way Eliason began crying again and Leslie reported that he was breaking out into a sweat. So I called Barbara again to tell her what was happening and should we call 911. Doni did. So within a couple of minutes the Philomath EMTs came and within another 5 minutes the Corvallis EMTs arrived -- I think there were about eight of them in the room! They assessed Eliason and by 12:45 released him to Barbara. Lots of excitement for the full-day children, but they were incredibly calm. They all went right on eating their lunch being very quiet so the EMTs could talk to Eliason. All in all we now suspect it just may have been that trip down the slide that caused the rumble in the tummy:)

The EMTs told us we did the right thing calling them so we won't hesitate to call them again. When something arises that we think warrants it, we will call the EMTs first and then you.