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My apologies for not posting yesterday, but I was a little busy. Most of the day was taken up with fallout from the short week, then around

I received a call from my daughter's dive coach that she had been injured at practice and was being taken by ambulance to the hospital. Needless to say, attending to my daughter was far higher on my list of things to do than a blog post. That being said, I'm almost concerned at my lack of concern for my daughter. Let me clarify that before you rush to judgement. What I mean is while I was concerned for her well being, I never once became distraught at the idea of her injuries being life altering. Even when I got to the hospital and she was laying there on a backboard with a neck brace on, did I allow myself to think of this as anything more than an over cautious approach to dealing with her. In retrospect I wonder if I should have been more concerned. I never tend to think of medical issues as ever being serious. Got a cut, bandage it up and it will heal. Broke something, put it in a cast and let it mend. Maybe this is just typical male thought. My wife was, not a complete mess, but close. She tends to think of worst case scenario. Is that just typical woman thought? I don't think it is, because growing up I never got that sense from my mom. I've been to the hospital numerous times with pneumonia in my life and never once was there a sense of urgency or that it was more than an inconvenience. I remember one time after I had moved out I got pneumonia and had called her for a ride to the hospital only to be dropped off. She didn't even come inside. Maybe it was because this had become such commonplace that we knew what was going to happen. Maybe there is just a sense of calm built into me from her, but I never once had a worst case scenario run through my head at the hospital. This is one I'd really like some feedback on from the readers. Are men just more calm when it comes to medical issues than women? Is that why guys tend to never go to the doctor whereas women seem like the walking versions of WebMD where everything leads to cancer? I'm using broad generalizations here, I know so don't read to far into the sexism. Maybe the divide isn't men and women, but do people tend to fall into the two extremes like that? I would like to know if that's just the way it is or if this is something I need to reflect more on so I can become a better parent and person.