many miracles

i can't even name all of the miracles i witnessed yesterday.
i usually give way too much information when telling stories, so here's the quick version.

12:55p - get home from running errands.
1:00 - changing lilia's diaper in my room. hear andy start screaming in the kitchen.
1:01 - see andy on kitchen floor with lots of blood. all i can see is he gouged his head on a kitchen cabinet handle.
1:45 - checked in at the er with andy (and the two other kids).
*somewhere in between 4 elders checked in due to car accident. they helped the time pass more quickly.
5:10 - asked spencer to leave school and come take the oldest and youngest home for dinner and bed.
6:05 - spencer came to take benny and lilia home.
6:50ish - finally got called back to a room (told it won't be long)
8:15 - doctor finally comes in to look at andy's head. told staples are the best option.
8:45 - nurse comes to clean andy's head and put a numbing ointment on the wound. says she'll be back in 10 minutes for next application.
9:13 - nurse comes in for next application. says in another 10 minutes they'll come back and really clean it.
9:25 - nurses swaddle andy and clean his head.
9:40 - doc comes to put staples in. there are 6 or 7 - i lost count; one was taken out and two didn't go in.
9:55 - doc says he'll be back in a little bit.
10:43 - nurse comes in with staple-care instructions.
10:48 - driving out of the parking lot.

this doesn't include the lack of food because of no lunch and the nurses told me no food in case of sedation (i snuck some snacks and water to him after 4 hours) or the groceries (some of which went bad) in the back of my van.

a major miracle was that the kids were basically perfect the whole time they were there. another lesson that i need to lighten up. there is nothing i can do to make them perfect. it was only through God's grace. I am so grateful.