Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A Call You Don't Want to Get

Monday night just after 6:00 pm I got a call you never want to get as a parent --"Mom, I just got hit." Christian was in an accident by our Target. I raced to the scene to make sure he was okay. Luckily, he walked away with just bruises and few scrapes. I am soooooo thankful for it. My car was not so lucky. Both doors on the driver's side was mangled so they wouldn't open and the rear passanger tire was blown and the rim was destroyed. I figure the car slid and blew the tire. The side curtain airbags deployed. I figure that was really lucky or Christian probably would have hit the side windows. As it is he has an airbag burn -- kind of like a rug burn but it lasts longer. I never knew you could get airbag burns. My insurance said the chemicals in the airbags can burn you, but the fireman said he probably got the burns from the force of the deployment.



I just got the car towed to be fixed this afternoon. And dealt with all the insurance. All the fun stuff. This is all after staying up until 1:30 this morning so I could check on Christian every couple of hours and change his ice pack. Then I was up at the normal 5:00 this morning. Needless to say, I TIRED!!!! It is going to be early to bed tonight.

5 comments:

Crawford's Corner's said...

I am so glad he is alright and that it wasn't any worse.

Karen said...

Christian is so fortunate to not have been injured worse. We are grateful for that. Sorry about your car!

Cheryl said...

So I hear the news from mom and dad... what's that about??? :) I am glad he wasn't hurt to bad. How long is your car going to be in the shop? That would be an awful call to get. At least it was Christian calling and not a policeman. Take care.

deborah said...

oh my goodness, i am glad he is okay... that is a horrible phone call. i hope you never get that phone call again

Maria said...

I'm glad Christian's okay. Cars are such fun aren't they?