Don't panic.....

On phoning Andy earlier today, when I asked how things were going, there was a slight pause followed by “Don’t panic, Mum, but….”

I discovered that he’d had a nasty fall at Jui-Jitsu on Tuesday night, which led to a check-up and x-ray at the local hospital. Nothing broken, just a very sore left shoulder, and he’s had to wear a sling on his left arm since Tuesday. His housemates have been very supportive, but independent as he is, he’s managing everything one-handed! He is determined to stay on track with his training, as he wants to continue up the belt grades, with his next Jui-Jitsu grading due in March.

We are increasingly impressed with Huddersfield Uni’s care of their students. As this fall happened at the Club, one of the team members was able to get him to the local hospital, but they had no idea how long he’d have to wait for x-ray. But the Uni has an Emergency Transport Service for just such events. The club arranged that, as soon as Andy had finished, and phoned the call Centre, a minibus picked Andy up from the hospital (as it was fairly late Tuesday night), and got him back to Halls, for the princely sum of 50p!

Pat’s Thought for the Day;
It is sometimes very hard to be a parent when your child’s first time away from home is 200 miles away. But I thank God that He watches over all of us, and distance is absolutely no object to Him.