Further to my post about my own injuries...
...I feel a bit guilty posting that story before this one.
In 1998 my wife gave birth to our daughter. The delivery went very badly, with my daughter put into ICU and my wife haemorrhaging really badly and rushed into theatre.
I was advised that my daughter was not expected to survive and that my wife "might" be okay.
My daughter did survive and my wife recovered well. The mixed emotions of seeing your first (and only) child born and then being resuscitated and not expected to live, whilst your wife has lost so much blood that she was as pale as an albino snowman was bloody terrifying.

I count myself as a very lucky man indeed.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Sun 8 Apr 2012, 11:50, 3 replies)

i know the feeling pretty well
my world stopped for about 5 minutes, especially as i had to tell my wife that everything was ok, as they were bringing my little boy back from the brink, when im reallity i had no clue what was going on.
( real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Mon 9 Apr 2012, 9:10, closed)

Getting handed my beautiful daughter
after the drama of her birth, compared to your stories.
I am truly a lucky man.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 9 Apr 2012, 10:34, closed)

A friend of mine always says, "Every one's a miracle."
May you all have the great good fortune to experience the next terror of "dating" and "boyfriends." It never gets easier for parents.

Now that I think about it, I think I owe my mum a phone call, and some flowers.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Tue 10 Apr 2012, 11:22, closed)