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A little snafu getting on the bus today. I’m not sure what happened, but just as the lift started ascending Maggie’s face changed. The nurse and I both saw it. The driver stopped the lift so we could figure out what was wrong. Maggie’s foot was caught under a portion of her chair and her leg was twisted. I straightened it out and she was clearly in pain. She started crying big crocodile tears.

The nurse commented that she had ever seen Maggie cry. It is pretty rare. She is one tough chick. SO for something to bring her to tears, it had to be pretty painful. The driver was concerned that he had done something (he did NOT – it was a position she got herself into while her mother wasn’t paying attention). I think her hip was affected by the position of her leg and when I straightened it out it really hurt.

We made sure she was ok and they resumed loading her onto the bus. The other two boys on the bus were very concerned about Maggie because she was crying and not responding to their questions. She ALWAYS answers yes and no using her own signs. I could hear them firing questions at her and climbed onto the bus to make sure she should go to school. Just as I did, one of the boys said, “Maggie getting on the bus is a lot of DANGER!” This is something the bus driver yells out every morning as the lift is coming down just to entertain Maggie. (and it always does!) This has been going on every school day for months. (see Maggie World: Danger Will Robinson!)

Maggie started laughing through her tears and off they went.

This picture is not from today, but this is Dave, the driver, telling her how "dangerous" the lift can be. Maggie lives for that every morning. It is fitting that one of the kids knew to use that to make her laugh.

All's quiet on the western front.