kimmikayb
You're never too old to be young
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It's kind of hard to explain, but my DH had his semi and trailer stuck knee deep in mud on a dead end street, DS4 was with him because it's spring break and loves to truck with Daddy. Doesn't sound too bad yet, does it?
Here's the story, about 9:30 last night I get a call from DH "talk to son, I can't explain, just talk to him to keep him in the truck". Ok, wasn't too worried yet. Get on the phone with DS and he says someone crashed into them and Daddy was trying to get the truck out of the mud.
DS is trying to find his shoes to "help" daddy get out. Yikes. So I sing with him, I talk to him. I read to him and my DH never comes back on the phone. FINALLY he does and he is out of control, he's lost all sense of calmness, nothing he says is making sense. They were trying to get to a motel, someone gave them wrong directions, he was trying to find a place to turn around when they came to a bridge out sign. Tried to turn around on a small dead end and got way, way stuck. He says it's raining, the river is coming up and he has to go.
So there I sit. Worried about (1) DH is going to have a heart attacke. He has a bad family history of heart attacks, he has high cholestrol and blood pressure. He was totally out of control, frantic...not making any sense. Or what if the trailer fell on him? I didn't know where he was, except a general local town. (2) What if DS tried to get out of the truck to help Dad? Would DH see him? Would he wander away? (3) What about the rising water?
Which got me thinking....how do I contact the police and let them know where DH is? I did get on line and found the police department for the town he was close to. I waited about 45 minutes. I didn't want to continue to call DH because I knew he was on a time crunch with the rising water and the rain making the ground softer. I am telling you, I was in a panic myself. I finally called him after those 45 minutes, thinking I'd get his voice mail and I'd tell him I'd give him 10 more minutes to call me or I was calling the police.
Luckily, he answered. He had the truck out and there was no way the trailer was getting out. But he was able to drive out and get a room so he could find a wrecker service. Which he did and they are pulling out the trailer right now.
I have never felt so helpless. So many thing could have gone wrong. But thankfully, they are both ok.
If I had called the police in that town, would they have helped me? From now on I will always know where they are!!
Here's the story, about 9:30 last night I get a call from DH "talk to son, I can't explain, just talk to him to keep him in the truck". Ok, wasn't too worried yet. Get on the phone with DS and he says someone crashed into them and Daddy was trying to get the truck out of the mud.
DS is trying to find his shoes to "help" daddy get out. Yikes. So I sing with him, I talk to him. I read to him and my DH never comes back on the phone. FINALLY he does and he is out of control, he's lost all sense of calmness, nothing he says is making sense. They were trying to get to a motel, someone gave them wrong directions, he was trying to find a place to turn around when they came to a bridge out sign. Tried to turn around on a small dead end and got way, way stuck. He says it's raining, the river is coming up and he has to go. So there I sit. Worried about (1) DH is going to have a heart attacke. He has a bad family history of heart attacks, he has high cholestrol and blood pressure. He was totally out of control, frantic...not making any sense. Or what if the trailer fell on him? I didn't know where he was, except a general local town. (2) What if DS tried to get out of the truck to help Dad? Would DH see him? Would he wander away? (3) What about the rising water?
Which got me thinking....how do I contact the police and let them know where DH is? I did get on line and found the police department for the town he was close to. I waited about 45 minutes. I didn't want to continue to call DH because I knew he was on a time crunch with the rising water and the rain making the ground softer. I am telling you, I was in a panic myself. I finally called him after those 45 minutes, thinking I'd get his voice mail and I'd tell him I'd give him 10 more minutes to call me or I was calling the police.
Luckily, he answered. He had the truck out and there was no way the trailer was getting out. But he was able to drive out and get a room so he could find a wrecker service. Which he did and they are pulling out the trailer right now.
I have never felt so helpless. So many thing could have gone wrong. But thankfully, they are both ok.
If I had called the police in that town, would they have helped me? From now on I will always know where they are!!
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