Phone calls in the middle of the night

[candykisses]

Don't you just hate phone calls in the middle of the night? Especially calls that start, "Is this the Bitzer residence and do you have a son, Bradley?"

That's about all I heard before flashbacks of other calls that started that way came flooding back. Your heart starts beating fast and you get sick feeling in your stomach. You think maybe if I say no, then they won't say, "This is Trooper....there's been an accident...I regret to inform..."

Well, thankfully it was just the manager of a BP station saying that they had found Brad's wallet.

He came home alittle while ago from the party he was at. Commented on the food, who made out too much, wished me a Happy New Year and went to bed.

I hope everyone else out there has their family tucked safely in their beds.

 

[kaylajr]

I hate mid Night phone calls

I got that weird feeling in the pit of my stomach just reading the beginning of your post

Glad it was nothing serious and he is home safe

Hope everyone made it home safe today

 

[Minniespal]

I'm always scared that something bad has happened.

 

[Cindy B]

Don't you just hate phone calls in the middle of the night? Especially calls that start, "Is this the Bitzer residence and do you have a son, Bradley?"

That's about all I heard before flashbacks of other calls that started that way came flooding back. Your heart starts beating fast and you get sick feeling in your stomach. You think maybe if I say no, then they won't say, "This is Trooper....there's been an accident...I regret to inform..."

Well, thankfully it was just the manager of a BP station saying that they had found Brad's wallet.

He came home alittle while ago from the party he was at. Commented on the food, who made out too much, wished me a Happy New Year and went to bed.

I hope everyone else out there has their family tucked safely in their beds.

One of DH's cousins has a child named Bradley--and our last name is the same... When I read your message I wondered.

Just by reading it sounds like your Bradley is a teen-- my DH's Bradley is pre teen.

I've never heard anyone with the same last name--interesting.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

I dread the phone ringing in the middle of the night. WAY too many of those when my parents were sick. And it was a middle of the night phone call when I found out that my Dad was in the hospital again. By the time I got there he was gone.

 

[pixiemomma]

Yeah someone called here last night at 12:30 am. I had been asleep for two hours.

 

[golfgal]

Our kids aren't old enough to be out that late but when DS13 was 8 he was at some friends' cabin for the weekend and the weather was horrible. I got a call saying this is Dr. whoever from this hospital calling about your son. Talk about instant heart attack. Fortunately it wasn't too serious, he broke his arm. There was no way I was going to be able to get to that hospital 70 miles away so I felt just awful (it was foggy and the roads had about 2" of ice on them). He was ok with that, he wanted to stay at the cabin anyway, they were having too much fun!

 

[Brianne]

We had a local hospital call at about 3am once, but DH was so out of it (he's a heavy sleeper), he missed the call before it went to voicemail--we saw the hospital name & number on Caller ID & freaked out! So DH called right back, thinking something had happened to a family member.

Turns out, it was a wrong number! The hospital had misdialed. DH had a pretty strong talk with the person who did it, about making sure you're dialing the right number when calling people at 3am from a hospital.

I just hope that whoever was supposed to get that call didn't have really bad news.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

How very scary! Technically, the only middle of the night calls I've gotten so far have been my kids when they were younger, changing their minds about sleeping over at a friends house.

This summer, though, I had gone to sleep when my 17yo DD was still out with a boy. It was almost midnight, so I figured that I would rest in bed until she came home. He was driving so didn't have the midnight driving restriction (provisional license) that she had, but I figured she'd be home by midnight. I fell asleep and then woke up and she still wasn't home at about 12:30 and after I tossed and turned awhile I called her. They'd just been in an accident. They were ok, but they did bring my DD to the hospital since she was under 18yo. And that's where I got to meet her new boyfriend (now he ex boyfriend). What a place to meet!

 

[Regina]

My phone line is the same one I use for my fax. I started to get spam faxes in the middle of the night. Nothing like hearing the phone ring, having a mild coronary, picking up the phone only to hear "beep, beep....."

I now disconnect the fax after I use it. Much as I don't like turning off the bedside phone, I had to. It doesn't matter that it was a nuisance call, it takes forever to calm down and get to sleep again.

 

[Keli]

That is one of the great fears in the hearts of parents with teenagers/young adults the world over.

I would have had a really hard time hearing what was being said to me on the phone after that first sentance because I would have been nearly paralized with fear at that moment. That's a really scary first line, you really, really think it's going to be a state trooper with some horrific information.

I'd have been thankful it was nothing serious as I'm sure you were last night but it would have taken me a long time to go back to sleep I think.