Heart-wrenching...

Ok, I'm not a very over bearing mother. I let my children go to the limit sometimes because they need to learn where their boundaries are. For instance, I won't keep them off of a trampoline even though there is a chance of breaking something, or jumping to grab them when they go to close to the pool (Cameron). I sit back and watch closely to see what they'll do. They need to learn from these experiences. Times are different than when we were growing up, and I feel that some parents are too overbearing (I am learning a lot more from associating with Colins' friends parents).
What happened today just about made me break down. We went to a park to meet some friends. We were there about 30 minutes when Colin started climbing on the outside of a tube slide...the ones that are enclosed. He was about half way up and got my attention and I told him he should probably get down he could slip. He didn't want to, so I watched carefully and he was just about to the top- and he slipped. He fell from about 10-12 feet above the ground (my guess from my 5'4" standpoint). He landed on his feet and then on him bum. It knocked the wind out of him but he didn't pass out. The look on his face after the fall when I reached him terrified me. His eyes were big and he was gasping for air. He couldn't even cry as loud as normal because he had little air. His eyes didn't dialate and he started calming down.
So, I jumped in the car, dropped Cameron off with my mother in law and headed to the hospital. Colin said that he thinks he 'cracked his brain' because his head hurt so bad. He kept complaining of his chest hurting. I called Chris on the way and just started bawling. I've never been this upset about an injury to my kids before. By the time the dr. came in to see us Colin was giggling and only his chest hurt a little bit. They did a chest xray and thank the Lord nothing was damaged. The rest of today he's been laying around and a bit sore still.
As we said our prayers tonight and to myself throughout the day, I have just thanked my Heavenly Father that he was protected from anything more serious than broken bones.
I can't say that I am going to be more over protective, but definately will set boundaries closer to the ground!