freak accident

Thankfully Jordan is doing GREAT now, but we got a huge scare Friday night.

Me, Jordan, and Preston were so excited to be going to Florence to hang out with Jessica and her kiddos. We had the whole night planned out PERFECT (that should have been my cue that something was going to go wrong) and we were all in the car headed to Florence.

I stopped at Mac's gas in Terry to get gas and ice. Ever since Jordan was a little kid he has always gotten out with me to pump gas. It started when he was younger and terrified of the dark he didn't like to stay in the car in the dark. Then he started being amazed with pushing the buttons and talking about all the different kinds of cars. There was nothing different about our gas pumping Friday night. Jordan got out I put my debit card in, put my pin number in, and put the gas nozzle in. I told Jordan push the number 87 so he did. I put it on the thing that pumps it so you don't have to hold it (lesson learned DON'T do that it is NOT safe) and we were talking about the yellow mustang with black stripes. If you have a little boy you know that it clearly resembles one of the transformers.

The next thing I remember is Jordan screaming to the top of his lungs, and gas going all over him.Thankfully the lady that worked there was stocking ice in the thing outside, and there was a cop standing outside talking to another man. They all ran over and raced Jordan inside. There was another cop inside and we all washed his eyes out the best we could, ripped his clothes off, and washed him down. He was still screaming and couldn't see anything he said. I called his doctor (thank goodness for after hours) the nurse told us get to the UMC children's ER as soon as possible. She asked If  I wanted her to call an ambulance. I knew I could be there faster than any ambulance so I said no I am headed there now. I don't know who those cops were, but they were amazing. They gave Jordan tons of wet paper towels and took him to the car. They also called my tag number over the radio so that there would be no problem with me getting pulled over.

Eli was on his way to work. I called him and told him to turn around go get Jordan some clothes and meet me at the ER Jordan had gotten gas in his eyes. When we got to the hospital there was a nurse waiting for us. She rushed Jordan in and they went straight to work. There was the NICEST resident doctor that came in and introduced herself as she was doing Jordan's vitals. She then took Preston so I could be with Jordan as they got him all hooked up to be taken care of. They tested the pH level in his eyes and of course it was higher than it should have been. They did a couple of other washes and then started him on saline going into his eyes. We were there for about an hour and Jordan started being able to see again and open and close his eyes with no problems. We stayed for four hours and they washed Jordan's eyes out every way possible I think. Tested his pH level multiple times, and gave him eye drops to numb his eyes. Gave him a good sponge bath to get the smell off of him as much as possible.

They told us Jordan's eyes would be swollen for a couple of days but he was fine. They told us to keep sunglasses on his eyes out in the sun for Saturday, but Sunday he should be fine. Today he is doing sooooo much better. His stomach is a little messed up, and his eyes still look a little purple/red but they are not burning at all. I am so thankful everything is fine. He will not be getting out of the car anymore while I pump gas. I felt so guilty and horrible I apologized to Jordan and told him If I had known anything would happen to him I would have NEVER let him out of the car.  

The doctors, nurses, and everyone were fantastic. I couldn't not have asked for better care. This is now the 2nd time we have been to the hospital. Jordan went there when he broke his arm and had surgery last year. I have had nothing but WONDERFUL care. Preston is having surgery there Tuesday. I am very nervous, but I know he is in the best hands. They took wonderful care of all of us last night and were so concerned about making Jordan comfortable. I am pretty sure he got way to many Popsicles.