Focht Family Blog

Monday morning we took the kids to the trailer while they looked at the oil leak. Cummins decided that the oil pan wasn’t sealed right so it needed a new oil pan. Yes, we had a new oil pan put in at Christmas. They had the oil pan in stock so it looked like it would be a quick fix. However, when he looked more closely he noticed that the metal that is between the engine and the oil pan was dented. The dent was most likely caused by the engine explosion and was keeping the seal from setting right. He also noticed that the oil pick up was hanging from a loose bolt so they also fixed that.

The downside to this is that they didn’t have some of the parts in stock. So because the oil pan was off we ended up at the hotel across the street. We thought it would be fun for the kids. This was an old Holidome (Holiday Inn destination). It is now a Quality Inn. It had an indoor playground, a pool, a jacuzzi and a sauna. However, everything was quite old and they are still in the process of renewing everything. The kids chose not to climb up into the playground equipment but they did run off some steam in the playground area. I brought their swimsuits but inside the dome was a little chilly and the pool was heated but wasn’t warm enough to justify the chills. The jacuzzi was warmer than the pool but again not warm enough to justify the chills getting back to the room and the sauna did not appear to be working.

After the kids ran off some energy we went back to the room for pool-time. In other words they played and splashed in the tub. They enjoyed it because they don’t usually get the luxury of a bathtub. I took three hot baths before calling it a night too because I was enjoying soaking in the hot water. :) Mom and I walked down the street to McDonald’s and Subway for lunch and brought it back. It was cold, windy and snowy. Needless to say we had dinner delivered! :) So… on to the big adventure!

At about 8:30 or so we sent the kids into the bathroom to brush their teeth for bed. We didn’t think anything of it… until we heard the thump. Timmy and Samantha had already finished. Apparently Josh was climbing on the toilet to get to the counter-top to rinse his mouth. He does this all the time in the RV but the toilet is a lot closer to the counter in the RV than it was at the hotel. Josh must have slipped off the counter. He fell (the thump) and then he immediately started crying. Samantha was in the hallway and starts screaming that Josh is bleeding. We come in and sure enough he is gushing blood everywhere. It took us a few minutes of rinsing to figure out where the blood was coming from. He split his lip on the inside and it was gaping quite a bit. We called the front desk and had them call an ambulance. We were figuring it would be at least a couple of stitches. Josh was crying the whole time until the ambulance got there and then he got very quiet. We weren’t sure if he was going into shock or just scared.

I bought myself a new camera so I had it with me. Here is Josh sitting on Nathan’s lap in the ambulance. You can’t see how bad the cut is from the angle. It only shows the top part of the cut.

Yes, that is blood on his shirt. We got into a room right away. Nathan had brought a washcloth for Josh and showed him how to apply pressure. Here is Josh trying to keep the pressure on while waiting for the doctor.

The doctor came in and checked him out. She said that if it were her child she would leave it be. That because it is in the inside of his mouth, the scar won’t show. She said that because it is in the mouth it should heal within three days. Nathan has a problem with playing with things in hospitals. He will annoy you with raising and lowering the bed and changing channels. SO…. he decided to cheer Joshua up by teaching him how to play with the bed.

Joshua was feeling better and the doctor brought him a 7-up to drink. She said to keep him on soft foods for three days because his front teeth took a shot. It looks like his top front teeth were what made the cut so if he eats hard things if his teeth were loose it could pop them out. We asked the nurse to call us a cab. She said the social worker was coming to talk to us about the cab. We thought maybe they thought we were homeless or something. Apparently they pay for cab rides through social services. When we figured this out we told them we didn’t need them to pay for it, just needed them to call since we had no way to get back to the hotel. By now, it was snowing hard. They were supposed to get 5 inches that night. We chose to wait for the cab outside rather than take our chances in the warm lobby with all of the flu victims.

Amazingly with all of the flu victims around here we managed to make it back to the hotel by 10:30. I think that is one of the quickest visits to the ER we have ever had.