Thursday, February 18, 2010

The What If. Dresser Edition...

No, not the pool this time, but equally as frightening.

This afternoon...
Dave had just gotten home and the three of us were in our bedroom.
MK was supposed to be resting in my bed as she decided she didn't need a nap today.
And she was resting until her Daddy walked in the door.
Dave and I were just on the floor talking.
MK was over by our tall 6 drawer dresser pulling one of the drawers open.
I could hear the drawer open, then close. Open, then close.
Then I hear it.
That awful make your heart stop, panic, hold your breathe sound.
The entire dresser fell on my daughter.
All the drawers came crashing down on top of her.
The entire dresser fell on my daughter.
We both ran to her and started pulling on the drawers and dresser to get her out from under it.
All the while me screaming, in my breathless, frantic voice, for Dave to get it off of her.
Once we got the dresser moved Dave carefully picked her up.
Before we even had a chance to make sure she was okay, she was crying.
Of course she was crying.
For Mickey.
The DVD player that was on the dresser also came crashing down and was yanked out of the wall in the middle of The Three Mouseketeers.
Yes, my brave daughter was more upset over the movie possibly being broken than over the dresser falling on her.
She is okay.

Other than a swollen face/cheek/eye that immediately started bruising and a swollen bump on her knee and foot.
She is okay.

More than anything, I wanted to hold my baby.
To comfort her.
To tell her she is so brave and I love her so much.
She wouldn't come to me from her Daddy.
I just kept begging and begging until she finally gave in, just as she does me.
Daily.=)

The scary part of the whole thing is that Marlee was not climbing on or up the dresser. She did not have a bunch of the drawers open at once. It was just one drawer that she must have pulled on just right to bring the entire thing down.

*Photo taken about 20 minutes after the accident. By this evening she was already sporting a swollen black eye.

6 comments:

Jessica said...

Holy crap that is awful. That is definitely worst nightmare stuff. Thank goodness she is ok.

Anonymous said...

Oh my!!! That's so scary! I'm happy she's okay. maybe you should get those things that tether the dressers to the wall. Wow!!! That's so crazy!

Anonymous said...

That same thing happened to my niece Morgan when she was little. She wasn't climbing either. I always secure them to the wall now. So scary. Glad she is ok.

Kristy said...

Oh no!!!!!!!!
That is so so so scary. I know that feeling all to well & it makes you sick inside. Then you start going to the What If's as I know you are right now, so stop.
She is okay, & she is a big brave girl.
Had to laugh that she was more worried about Mickey :)

Maryann said...

her poor boo boo face! :(
and your poor heart!!
so glad she is okay!!

Lesley Barr Photography said...

Holy Crap!!! I am so glad she is ok. Poor little girl. =(