Just before bedtime last night, Amanda, Wayne and I were reading a story book when we came across a part on ambulances. “Nee naw, nee naw, nee naw” Amanda shouted as she pointed to the ambulance.
I was reminded of the accident we had more than a month back and wondered if Amanda could remember what happened. I decided to ask her about it and our conversation went something like this:
Mommy: Amanda do you remember the time you were in the ambulance?
Amanda: Yes… painful.
Mommy: Where was it painful?
Amanda: Neck. *points to her neck* Neck painful. Doctor check.
Mommy: What happened? Why was your neck painful?
Amanda: Car. Car broken.
So yes, just two years old but she does pretty much know what had happened.
Anyway for the record, we got into a car accident along ECP quite a few Sundays back. It was one of those chain collisions. The kids were with us in the car and the impact from the taxi hitting our car from behind was quite strong, leaving us pretty shaken and Amanda crying from the shock. As Amanda was crying and complained that her neck was painful, the police activated the ambulance to get her checked, so off we had to go to the hospital. After some checks and an x-ray, thankfully she was deemed fine and we could go home. We were thankful that no one was injured, just minor neck strains for the husband and for me strangely, a swollen ankle. Wayne was a bit fearful of the whole incident, but recovered well too. A reminder to us all on driving safely and to all parents out there, I guess we can’t stress enough how important it is to use child seats.
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