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January 20, 2012 by: Hodgepodgemom

The Accident and the Amazing Answer

Above is a cartoon version of the amazing accident we experienced yesterday. It really was a crisis at the time. A traumatic Thursday. My motherhood and faith were tested in several ways. Here’s Middle Girl with her part of the story…

I was in little brother’s room playing with him after lunch. I was playing with a wiffle ball, tossing it around. And it landed on my left pinkie finger. Here’s where I made the mistake. I pushed the wiffle ball all the way on to my finger. I was scared when I realized it was stuck.

I went and showed my mama. She suggested getting some soap and trying to pull it off. That didn’t work. So, we texted a photo to my Daddy.

He suggested soaking the finger in ice cold water to make the swelling go down. We could turn the ball in place but we could not pull it off. My mama and I were both in tears!

…Hodgepodgemom here. It was at this moment that someone came in with mud all over. I knew this was happening because the others had gone out to play. I don’t mind mud now and then but the timing was a little much. Into the bath she went, while Middle Girl and I worked on her finger at the sink. Back to Middle Girl…

That’s when I said, “We should pray.” And so we did. We asked God to help show us a way to get the wiffle ball off my finger!

After trying and trying and some more – about an hour and a half now, my finger was really, really swollen and pink. We decided to go to the ER. We arrived to a full waiting room and stood in line behind four other people.

When we got up to the desk, we showed them the stuck wiffle ball. A man behind the counter said he could get it off. He must have been a trained emergency worker. My mom said he was the triage nurse. He asked us if we wanted to save the ball. We said “NO!” So he took some scissors. They were not sharp on the ends so he wouldn’t cut me.

He cut the ball all the way off down to where the plastic was a thin ring around my finger. Then he said, “I’ll be back in a few minutes.” We waited for about five minutes. My finger was HUGE!

Then he came back with one of those really small, electric saws that they use to cut off casts. He showed me how it would not cut skin by rolling it on his hand. (All of this was happening on the desk at the front – right in the waiting room).

He keep sawing at the plastic ring. It cut me a little but I was so glad to be FREE!!! After it was thin enough, he snapped it and I was free. He said, “Now I’ve saved you the emergency room wait and the charge.” (it would have been like $400 – and remember the waiting room was packed.)

No telling how long we would have been there – and how long I would have had to have that wiffle ball on my finger!)

We thanked him over and over and asked him what we could do for him. He said nothing. So we asked his co-worker if we could write down his name and send a thank you note. His name was Abe.

We’ve been calling him Abe the Angel.

When I called my Daddy, he was SOOOO glad it was off and SOOOO glad we didn’t have to pay. Afterwards, I got an Oreo McFlurry from McDonald’s.

Hodgepodgemom here. We’ve been saying thank you and singing the Lord’s praises ever since. All the way home, we stood at the thank you desk. He answered our prayer, just as He always does.

My biggest challenges yesterday? The answers?

  • My child was in pain, fearing she might lose a finger. I could not help her at all. God provided a medical worker with the tools needed. We almost went to another ER.
  • My practical side was sick over the impending medical bills. We’ve just finished paying off ER visits from last year – both with allergies and accidents. I envisioned big bucks and a huge long wait from the emergency room visit. The Lord paved the way. We paid nothing but our gratitude and $3 for parking.

Silly to be thankful for a wiffle ball answer? I think not.

Those weeks you think you are teaching and the children are learning history lessons, art techniques, math skills… It just may be that the Lord steps in and teaches the whole family a huge lesson in provision and a whole heap of thankfulness.

 

 

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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Comments

  1. Melanie Robbins says

    January 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM

    Wow! What a story! Thank you for sharing it and for sharing how God provided with Abe the angel! 🙂

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  2. PrairieJenn says

    January 20, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    That’s a pretty amazing testimaony of God’s care and provision! Glad that your daughter is okay…that sounds like a pretty scary experience for a girl (and her mama) to go through.

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  3. PrairieJenn says

    January 20, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    Oops…I meant testimony.

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  4. sab says

    January 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    Thank you, such a sweet story of GODs faithfulness and HIS Love for us. HE takes care of us in all situations. GOD Bless You and i hope you have a great day today :0)

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  5. Hodgepodgemom says

    January 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    Thank you all and praise Him! I neglected to mention how the older two children stepped up and took care of the younger two children – while I wisked away daughter with the wiffle ball finger. So proud of those two for how they took care of things at home.

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  6. Apri @ The 21st Century Housewife says

    January 20, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    I’m so glad it all worked out okay. Isn’t it amazing how God makes everything fall into place when we ask Him! (And I think Middle Girl was very brave – I’ve never had to have a cast cut off, but I watched my son have it done – and even though you know it’s not going to hurt, it’s still scary!)

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  7. Claire says

    January 20, 2012 at 2:04 PM

    God is amazing!

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  8. Ellen says

    January 20, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    Loved this story. The way both you and Middle Girl described your different yet similar perspectives is very effective! And of course God’s wonderful provision — above and beyond what any of us could have fathomed or predicted!

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  9. Alea Milham says

    January 20, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    How very scary! I am so glad that it worked out. Abe does sound like an angel. It is very touching how everybody worked together in a trying situation.

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  10. Phyllis says

    January 20, 2012 at 8:40 PM

    Sounds just like something that would happen at our house! Thank goodness it is over!

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  11. Angie Wright says

    January 20, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    Her little swollen finger just makes me wince and want to cry! I am so glad just the right person, er um, Angel was at the front desk, and took charge of what to do. Praising the Father – Thank You Abe the Angel!

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  12. Annie Kate says

    January 21, 2012 at 7:34 AM

    Wow, what a story! And what a blessing. And what a lesson for your family and for everyone else.

    Thank you so much for sharing.

    I hope you’ll be able to stay out of the ER for the rest of 2012.

    Annie Kate

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  13. Farren says

    April 24, 2012 at 3:31 PM

    I just reread this post and it called to mind something similar which happened to me as a child – I got a metal nut stuck on my smallest finger. The hospital couldn’t get it off, and I had to go to the fire station because they had sharper tools. It did come off in the end but my finger was numb for weeks. Reading about your blessed escape from the fees makes me thankful that I have access to free healthcare; the hospital time, plus the fire station time, plus the THREE ring cutters that broke in the process, would have cost us quite a lot!

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