Neurotic?

My neighbor came over yesterday morning very upset. Her dog had bit her 3 year old son in the face, and she needed to take him to the hospital and wanted to know if I could watch her twin girls. I went over and saw the little boy's face, and it wasn't bad- just a surface scratch and a 1/2 inch puncture wound, nothing a few stitches couldn't fix. But, it was scary, nevertheless, and he's not even my own kid!

What's going to happen the first time LB gets hurt? Like, really hurt? Kids don't go through life without getting injuries, unless your son is Bubble Boy. Luckily, we haven't had any major injuries- I think getting sunblock in his eye this past weekend was the worst. What about when he needs to go to the hospital?? I think I will probably be a complete wreck! And what happens if that happens while Hubby is out to sea? I don't even want to think about it... I'm not really the kind of person that can stand the sight of blood or broken bones or anything like that, so if LB ever gets hurt while Hubby's away, we'll both need medical treatment- LB for whatever injury he has, and me for chronic nausea.

I'm already a little bit neurotic. Hubby took LB to the beach on the 4th while I performed in two concerts. He put his little swimmers and his swimming trunks on, and took him into the ocean just a little bit. Here's where I think I could have killed Hubby.... He let LB bob in the water, then let go for a second so he could go underwater. Yeah, if I was there, I think I would have freaked out. Hubby said when he picked LB up, he just kind of looked confused and was smacking his lips from the taste of the saltwater.

But what would have happened if something had gone wrong? I know it's the wrong thing to do, but what I want to do is completely shield him from anything bad, like keep him in a human-sized hamster ball or something, haha. That way, he'd never experience any harm.... but, that's not life, so I guess I will just have to pick and choose my neuroticism.