I don’t doubt Sarah’s mom’s ability to care for and comfort Fox, but it’s terribly sad to me that he’s been sent away at a time like this. As Sarah said in her stories, they were lucky it was only a fracture/compression and not a permanently disabling injury!
Fox isn’t old enough to understand the finer details. All he likely understands is that dad went to the gym and did not come home (or came home in extreme pain). Then, dad went to the hospital for a night, an absence he wasn’t anticipating or prepared for. And, after all that, he was whisked off to grandma’s the moment dad came home. How upsetting and confusing for a child so young, especially since he has such a strong bond with Kurt
I understand that having young children at home can make recovery hard or split a partner’s attention. Sending only Fox away tells me that this wasn’t about freeing up time for Sarah to be a better caregiver, nor was it to let Kurt rest in peace, though. If anything, Sarah and M should’ve gone to her parent’s with Fox, and allowed Kurt’s friends or family to come over to help until both children could go to grandma’s alone OR Sarah felt able to juggle childcare and whatever support Kurt would need.
Ugh and not to belabor all of this, but I can’t get out of my head the histrionics Sarah goes through when stuff like this happens. Who knows if Fox even understood that his dad would be okay! She talks as if the sky is falling when she has to park far away. I can’t imagine how she would’ve presented this situation to the kids before she was able to regulate herself.