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I know there was a thread here some time ago on this very subject, and I remember reading it with interest, but I didn't comment in the thread, largely because I've never believed in them. However, I really feel someone, or something, was watching over my eldest daughter today.
We were all round my parents' house, as was my brother and his wife, and their three children. We were having a belated birthday party for my little nephew. We'd all finished tea, and I was still in the dining room, talking to my sister-in-law. The children had gone out into the back garden, with my Mum and Dad. My hubby and brother were in the living room.
Chloe, my eldest (who is nine), was walking back up into the house, to get a drink. My parents have got a multi-level garden, with many steps and decking. She'd walked up the wooden steps to the balcony, which comes off the back of the living room, from the french doors. When she got to the top of the steps, she banged her elbow. Nothing odd, or major in that, but the way she reacted was. She turned to my Mum and said, "I've hurt my elbow." My Mum answered her and began walking towards her, but as she did so, Chloe fainted, very suddenly, out cold. She fell forwards, all the way down the steps (eight steps - about an eight to ten feet drop), and landed head-first on the concrete at the bottom. I heard my Mum yell, "Chloe's fainted," and I legged it outside.
When I got out there, everyone was stood at the bottom of the steps, and Chloe was sprawled, face down, still out cold. Everyone was frightened to move her, because of the way she was bent up the wrong way. I have never been so horrified or frightened in my life. But then she began convulsing, so my hubby instinctively pulled her up and held her. I joined them and hugged her, then she spoke and said, "Did I fall?" Little sweetheart. It was brilliant to hear her speak. I looked at my youngest daughter, Georgina (who is seven), and tears were streaming down her face, and my Mum grabbed hold of her.
Before I waffle on too much longer, and to cut a long story short, Chloe is ok. We took her down to the hospital to get checked out. She vomited a few times, and has a bad headache, as well as many bumps and bruises, but aside from a little concussion, she is fine. In a day or two she'll be as right as rain.
It shook us all up somewhat, especially my parents, because they actually saw it happen, and both initially feared the worst, and my little G (that's what I call Georgina, btw), is very worried it will happen again, but I told her the doctor has told Chloe what to do in the future: if she bangs or knocks herself, she is to immediately sit down and take a few deep breaths (Chloe has passed out before, from knocking herself, but both times it's happened before, she was in our carpeted living room, and didn't have far to fall). Apparently, some people are susceptible to this happening; it's all to do with the nervous system. The convulsions are due to her panicking when she comes around, and her confused brain trying to kick in and make sense of it all. Has anyone else ever known this to happen to anyone they know?
Anyway, all is fine (although I'm am checking on her every hour, at least, tonight), and I swear she has a guardian angel.
It's quite scary and worrying, to say the least, and I am concerned this could happen again. But, she definitely knows what to do now, and I know she'll remember it.
For my angels:
Lou
We were all round my parents' house, as was my brother and his wife, and their three children. We were having a belated birthday party for my little nephew. We'd all finished tea, and I was still in the dining room, talking to my sister-in-law. The children had gone out into the back garden, with my Mum and Dad. My hubby and brother were in the living room.
Chloe, my eldest (who is nine), was walking back up into the house, to get a drink. My parents have got a multi-level garden, with many steps and decking. She'd walked up the wooden steps to the balcony, which comes off the back of the living room, from the french doors. When she got to the top of the steps, she banged her elbow. Nothing odd, or major in that, but the way she reacted was. She turned to my Mum and said, "I've hurt my elbow." My Mum answered her and began walking towards her, but as she did so, Chloe fainted, very suddenly, out cold. She fell forwards, all the way down the steps (eight steps - about an eight to ten feet drop), and landed head-first on the concrete at the bottom. I heard my Mum yell, "Chloe's fainted," and I legged it outside.
When I got out there, everyone was stood at the bottom of the steps, and Chloe was sprawled, face down, still out cold. Everyone was frightened to move her, because of the way she was bent up the wrong way. I have never been so horrified or frightened in my life. But then she began convulsing, so my hubby instinctively pulled her up and held her. I joined them and hugged her, then she spoke and said, "Did I fall?" Little sweetheart. It was brilliant to hear her speak. I looked at my youngest daughter, Georgina (who is seven), and tears were streaming down her face, and my Mum grabbed hold of her.
Before I waffle on too much longer, and to cut a long story short, Chloe is ok. We took her down to the hospital to get checked out. She vomited a few times, and has a bad headache, as well as many bumps and bruises, but aside from a little concussion, she is fine. In a day or two she'll be as right as rain.
It shook us all up somewhat, especially my parents, because they actually saw it happen, and both initially feared the worst, and my little G (that's what I call Georgina, btw), is very worried it will happen again, but I told her the doctor has told Chloe what to do in the future: if she bangs or knocks herself, she is to immediately sit down and take a few deep breaths (Chloe has passed out before, from knocking herself, but both times it's happened before, she was in our carpeted living room, and didn't have far to fall). Apparently, some people are susceptible to this happening; it's all to do with the nervous system. The convulsions are due to her panicking when she comes around, and her confused brain trying to kick in and make sense of it all. Has anyone else ever known this to happen to anyone they know?
Anyway, all is fine (although I'm am checking on her every hour, at least, tonight), and I swear she has a guardian angel.
It's quite scary and worrying, to say the least, and I am concerned this could happen again. But, she definitely knows what to do now, and I know she'll remember it.
For my angels:
Lou
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for your little angels, and if the guardian kind does exist, roses for them, too.
Still happy she is good. You have had a rough week, love. 
