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I guess all parents have had, or will have, similar experiences. The first thing we ask ourselves is, "what could I have done to prevent this?"
I remember my oldest son falling off his bike and hitting his head on the tailpipe of my truck, putting quite a gash over his eye. (by the way, hospitalization wouldn't cover it because it involved a motor vehicle, I had to file through auto insurance). The second son fell off of a small bike at 18months and broke his leg (we thought it was a sprain, but it turned out to be a hairline fracture). And then there was the bookcase that fell on my daughter's toe in church, blood soaked through the white tights she was wearing. Of course there were many other bumps and bruises along the way, but they survived.
And now I ask about the experience in the ER. Were you given the third degree by the staff? My wife and I were questioned and the child was always asked separately as to what happened. Honest, there were no other signs that the children were being mistreated. I guess it's just that we have become so paranoid about parental abuse that everyone is suspect.
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