Real Life Trauma in the ER and a WD Sneak Peek!

Trauma: Life in the ER!

I won't bore you with all the details but let's just say that about the time I was finishing folding laundry and thinking about getting into my PJ's and preparing this blog post, my DH called and told me that he and my son were on the way home because Ricky (my DS) had just been shot in the eye with an Air Soft pellet from a pellet gun! He wasn't wearing his eye protection (despite my incessant lecturing) and was playing war with his buddies. His eye was hit from about 10-15 feet away from him. He couldn't see out of his eye, he was in horrible pain and was vomiting! So of course we headed straight to the ER.

We learned that his eye was full of blood and was causing his vision loss as well as the severe pain and nausea. He had a CT scan that showed no internal damage to the eyeball, but they couldn't tell for sure about his retina. They had to call in a specialist and we were scared to death that he would need surgery and possibly remain blind in that eye. We were relieved to hear that he was hopeful that Ricky would make a good recovery. We were sent home with every 1-2 eye drops and pain and anti-nausea meds as needed.

I am so thankful and relieved to tell you that as of his 8am dose of eye drops, Ricky is reporting that he can see again. Thank you Jesus!! It was so cute because he looked around his room and listed all the things he could see! Things are blurry still but that is understandable because he also scratched his cornea. But it doesn't look like there will be permanent damage at this point. We will be seeing a Retinal specialist today at 12:30. I will keep you posted and would appreciate your prayers for Ricky and his recovery!!

OK, let me change gears from Mom/Nurse to DT member! LOL!!

Today is the first Sneak Peek day for the new Whimsie Doodles stamps being released on Saturday the 15th. Some of the DT members, the designer Melyssa and I will be showing a sampling of some of the amazingly cute digistamps that Melyssa has created for this release! You are going to love them and they are coming at a perfect time for the upcoming season!

The first stamp we are showcasing is the digistamp called Halloween Candy Monster.

And here is what I made with him...

My Little Candy Monster

I colored him in using my Copic Markers and then used the colorless blender too lighten some of the areas and remove some of the harsh purple! I fashioned the colors after the cute DP I had on hand from K&Co. The black and white dotted paper is also from them. The cute little title comes in the set and I adorned the card with three brads, one each of purple, green and orange and then used some felt ribbon from Michael's topped with the Candy Corn ribbon I had from a set I bought from JoAnn's last season. I also did a little machine stitching on the main image and the title image to frame them since I went without a mats on them!

Come back everyday this week and I will be showing you some more sneak peeks of the fabulous Whimsie Doodles digistamps being released on Saturday!! If you head over to the Whimsie Doodles blog, you can enter for a chance to win this adorable set for FREE!!

And for more Candy Monster Inspiration you can also visit the following DT members' blog...

Joni

Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with all things beautiful to see! Thanks so much for your prayers for Ricky!