J.D.'S ACCIDENT

MEMORIAL DAY WAS A DAY WE WILL NEVER FORGET. WE WENT TO SAND HOLLOW FOR A FEW HOURS AND HUNG OUT AT THE BEACH, PLAYED IN THE WATER AND DID A LITTLE FOUR-WHEELING. WE GOT HOME AND PLANNED ON GOING TO DINNER AT IGGY'S AND WATCH THE JAZZ GAME WHILE WE ATE. I WAS IN THE KITCHEN MAKING JD SOME CHICKEN NUGGETS AND JD WAS PAINTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, JD STARTED SCREAMING! I RAN OVER TO HIM TO FIND HIM LYING ON THE GROUND AND THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE WAS CONTORTED. THE IMAGE IS ENGRAVED IN MY MIND. HIS LEFT EYE WAS SHUT AND HIS MOUTH WAS CROOKED AND IN A WIERD POSITION. HE WAS JUST MOANING. HIS RIGHT EYE WAS OPEN AND LOOKING WILDLY AROUND THE ROOM. I WAS SAYING JD ARE YOU OK? WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU OKAY? HONEY, TALK TO ME. I WAS FREAKING OUT. HE HAD THE PAINTBRUSH IN HIS HAND WITH PAINT ALL OVER AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS HE FELL AND IT WENT IN HIS EAR. JOSH'S FIRST THOUGHT WAS IT WENT IN HIS EYE SINCE HIS LEFT EYE WAS SHUT. HE COULD NOT RESPOND AT ALL, HE WAS OUT OF IT. LET ME JUST TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE POWER OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND THAT JOSH IS WORTHY TO HOLD THE PRIESTHOOD. I ASKED JOSH TO GIVE HIM A BLESSING AND WITHIN MOMENTS OF JOSH FINISHING THE BLESSING JD'S FACE SLOWLY RETURNED TO SOMEWHAT NORMAL. IT WAS STILL SWOLLEN-LIKE AND SLOWER THAN THE RIGHT SIDE. HIS WORDS WERE SLURRED AND HE SPOKE SLOW. IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND HIM. HE FORGOT JORDAN'S NAME, THE DOG'S NAME, HIS FAVORITE COLOR. THE ONLY THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THAT HE WAS COLORING WHEN HE FELL. HE SAID HE WANTED TO COLOR. HE COULDN'T HOLD HIS HEAD UP AND HIS EYES WERE SPINNING. HE GOT TIRED AND WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP, I KEPT TELLING HIM TO STAY AWAKE. OUR NEIGHBOR WAS MOWING THE LAWN AT THE TIME AND HE IS A COP, SO I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT TO DO. HE CAME IN AND TALKED TO JD AND LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID WE SHOULD TAKE HIM TO THE E.R. SO WE WENT TO THE ER AND IT WAS FINE. ON THE WAY THERE HE KEPT SAYING HE WAS REALLY DIZZY- HE STILL COULDN'T HOLD HIS HEAD UP VERY WELL. THE DOC SAID JUST TO WATCH HIM. HE HAD A CONCUSSION, BUT NO BRAIN DAMAGE. SO AFTER ALL THIS, JD WAS ABLE TO TELL US THAT HE WAS CRAWLING FROM ONE CHAIR TO THE NEXT AND HE FELL "DOWN, DOWN, DOWN". HE LOVES TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT. HE NEVER EVEN CRIED AND HE USUALLY CRIES OVER A TINY SCRATCH. THERE WAS NEVER ANY SIGN OF HIM FALLING EITHER, NO BUMP OR RED MARK. IT WAS REALLY STRANGE. I AM JUST SO GLAD THAT HE IS OK AND THAT JOSH WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIM A BLESSING. I KNOW THAT IS WHAT HELPED HIM. THAT NIGHT I PRAYED AND CRIED AND THANKED HEAVENLY FATHER FOR ALL THAT I HAVE. LIFE IS SO FRAGILE AND WE ALWAYS TAKE EVERYTHING FOR GRANTED UNTIL IT IS EITHER TAKEN FROM US OR ALMOST TAKEN FROM US. I AM SOO BLESSED!