Kintropy In Action

Thursday was crazy.

In speculation about Hannah’s rash I decided it wouldn’t hurt to do a cleaning sweep of her room. Dust bunnies love me and propagate like crazy in my house.

I went to work on cleaning Hannah’s room while she was in the family room with the nurse. I have one of those hand held steamers for cleaning. (I’m always looking for ways to sanitize without using harsh chemicals.) I use a mixture of white vinegar and water in it. So I stripped her bed and steamed the entire thing then I did some spot cleaning around the room. Then I got the footstool and cleaned the fan in her room. When I was walking away and setting aside the stool, I thought I was making good time. I was going to grab baking soda to sprinkle on the carpet then vacuum it up then do something similar in Gabriel and my bedroom. Suddenly the glass covering that covered the bulb of the fan fell. It shattered.

My plans for the day changed in that moment.

I grabbed the dustpan and swept up the glass. I was glad neither of the kids were in the room. I forced myself not to go into the "what if "spiral. I was surprised by the amount of glass and that it fell hard enough on the carpet to shatter. So I emptied her room and vacuumed 20 times. The nurse and I decided that the vent circuit should be changed even though it was brand new the day before. I wasn’t going to risk that glass embedded itself somewhere in the circuit and have Hannah inhale it into her lungs. I also vacuumed down the ventilator machine. For some reason I didn’t get around to cleaning the other rooms.

I went to the hardware store to find a new cover preferable plastic.