and he took a header off the exam table...

Well, well, it's been an interesting day around the York household. It all began around 8:30a yesterday when Chance started texting me that his knee was bothering him for the 324 time. Plus he has the knot on his lower right eye. And some other issues that I've been waiting for our checkup date to talk to the doctor.

But since I knew he would drive me crazy, I decided to call yesterday and find out how soon I could bring him in. And they had a 10:45a for today. So I took it knowing that this would appease him for the moment. Thirty minutes later he texted that he didn't think he could stay at school so I headed back there to pick him up.

And then forced him to stay in the bed for the next 24 hours.

We were running late as usual this morning and trying to get to the doctor's office without being tooooo late and finding out that we would have to go the long way around because there was ANOTHER bank robbery in Tallahassee today. We finally made it and were only 4 minutes late. Whoo Hoo!!

Then we waited. And waited. And waited to be seen. We waited a full hour before they even called us to do weight and temps. But luckily our wonderful doc joined us soon after we were put into a room. We discussed Chance's many ailments and were in the middle of deciding what the best course of action would be. He was sitting quietly on the exam table with his legs dangling off the edge when it happened.

Chance:  Mom, remember that time I got that shot right before 8th grade? I feel weird like that.
Me: Gosh, you look really pale.

The doc turned around on his rolly stool and checked the pulse in his foot.

Doc: Your pulse is really low.

Chance's eyes glazed over and he leaned forward and promptly fell head first off the table like he was doing a flippy off the diving board. Not backwards or sideways. FORWARD!

The doc caught him before his head hit the floor.

Me: Ahhhhhhh! Are you okay?
Chance: What just happened?
Doc: You had a vagus (something-or-other I don't remember).
Me: What's that?
Doc: He fainted. And then rebooted.

We managed to get him back up onto the table with his knees propped up and he started coming around. He was clammy and lightheaded. And I was freakin' out 'cause I could have sworn he was having a seizure and the doc thought so too at first. But he assured me that he really did think that it was probably just a fainting spell and that it was a fluky thing. Maybe.

Chance laid there a little while longer while they checked his blood pressure (fine), got him some water, and generally regain control of his faculties.

How often does it happen that your child has some crazy, weird thing happen in the doctor's office and the DOC is right THERE to catch him as he falls. Thanks goodness, huh?

Usually I take a photo of Chance when we go to the doctor, sitting on the exam table, because I think it's funny that his feet almost touch the floor. But not today. Today I will leave you with this photo that I took while he was fishing the other day... I swear that the first thought that came to mind was are there bears around here? That's my foot next to the print and it's not a dainty foot, boys and girls. It's a 10 1/2 wide. So this animal footprint was HUGE. And if it was a bear and the bear is now wondering around town...well, that would be about as big of a shock as that one time when Chance took a header off the exam table at the doctor's office. God bless. Amen. The end.