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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Earring Removal Incident

This morning Olivia wanted me to show her how to change earrings. We got her ears pierced back in November and has not taken them off yet. I thought this would be easy and no big deal. But those first set of studs are a little harder to remove. And needless to say, I was having a tough time getting them off.

I had her hair out of the way and I used my fingers to gently grip the small earrings. Finally after a few attempts I got one earring off! Yeah! I was about to try the next ear when Olivia melted to the ground. At first I thought she was teasing me - but then I realized that she was passing out. She fell completely to the ground at my feet. It happened so fast that it caught me off guard. I knew something was wrong when she hit her head and her arm was twisted strangely by her side.

I yelled her name and then quickly scooped her limp body into my arms. I then laid her down on the floor in the next room. I quickly ran and got Paul and by then she was awake again. She cried because her head hurt. I had her stay put for a few minutes - then her head felt better again and she was fine. While she was laying down, I removed the second earring (I didn't want that to happen again).

Crazy! I guess she got a little nervous or something.