Did I miss the hint?

[schnurette]

Sorry if you read this somewhere else already but I am posting it in more than one place because it's bugging me.

When I took DD to the sitter this morning (not our regular sitter, just a friend who is watching her today) said sitter told me she had sat on a book and was bleeding downtown - she was laughing about it because, really, embarrassing, and said that the bleeding had stopped for a bit but started again and she might have to go to the hospital.

She seemed okay, and was laughing, and never said she couldn't take DD, it seemed like she was just telling me what was happening. She then said that she had made plans to take DD to early years and also to meet up with another of our friends who has a little girl the same age as DD - she wasn't sure if she was going to do all that because of the "incident" but those were the plans for the day.

She had all of her kids (4) plus another little girl who she takes care of before school ready to walk to school and mentioned a couple times to DD that they were going to walk to school.

Basically...I'm just worried now I missed the hint and she had wanted me to say I would stay home with DD and she didn't need to worry about it. But I also feel like she is blunt enough that she would have just come out and said it so I am just driving myself crazy thinking about it.

FWIW - I did send her a message with my work number and a note that I would come home early or could even meet her at the hospital if she thought she needed to go (so she didn't need to wait for me to get to her house before leaving she could just take DD to the hospital and I would meet them there).

[mcp6286]

I think you did the right thing. I know that, as a sitter, I'd always rather try to power through but knowing that parents understand emergencies and are willing to be flexible is nice. Sounds like you know her well enough that she'll call if you're needed.

[Deleted]

I'm confused. Why would she have to go to the hospital? Did AF show up? Is she pregnant and bleeding?

[billyhorrible]

WTF kind of books does your sitter read?

[Widget123]

Yeah the whole story doesn't make sense. She wasn't telling you the full truth for whatever reason. If she is having some kind of medical emergency she needs to be a responsible adult and tell you that she cannot watch your child and go to the hospital. It is not your responsibility to decipher WTF is going on if she is not being upfront with you.

[schnurette]

It was apparently a hard cover children's tractor book...that was stuck in between the cushions of the sofa and when she sat down it...violated her. I'm guessing she was just bleeding a lot because it was her vag that took the hit and maybe it freaked her out. (She's not pregnant...to the best of my knowledge. They had their fourth kid and I think she kind of said enough lol)

I ended up messaging her again to ask if everything is okay and to offer to come pick up DD if needed, and she said her husband stayed home this morning and went to the hospital with her (helped with the kids getting to school and hung out with DD at the hospital) and everything is fine.

So I guess maybe she wanted me to keep DD but also not a big deal because her husband could stay home so...there it is! I might buy her some sort of alcoholic beverage for her trouble though.

[Widget123]

Feb 5, 2015 11:45:13 GMT -5 schnurette said:

It was apparently a hard cover children's tractor book...that was stuck in between the cushions of the sofa and when she sat down it...violated her. I'm guessing she was just bleeding a lot because it was her vag that took the hit and maybe it freaked her out. (She's not pregnant...to the best of my knowledge. They had their fourth kid and I think she kind of said enough lol)

I ended up messaging her again to ask if everything is okay and to offer to come pick up DD if needed, and she said her husband stayed home this morning and went to the hospital with her (helped with the kids getting to school and hung out with DD at the hospital) and everything is fine.

So I guess maybe she wanted me to keep DD but also not a big deal because her husband could stay home so...there it is! I might buy her some sort of alcoholic beverage for her trouble though.

I really can't imagine something like that happening to me if I ever sat on a hard copy book stuck in between sofa seat cushions but I guess it is within the realms of possible.  I am glad she is okay nevertheless.