Amazingly the loud boom from upstairs didn't tip me off to the catastrophe that had just happened...but the scream that followed was unmistakable! "Nathan fell and is bleeding," Alex came running down to tell me. Well, hopefully it won't be that bad. Hopefully it won't interfere with going to The Blaze (an event with over 4,000 carved pumpkins that we bought tickets to a month ago...which oh, by the way, we needed to leave to in an hour). Hopefully this will have a quick-fix. But...the scream. Oh, I have a bad feeling about this...
So, here is what happened: Nathan fell backwards while in a chair and hit the back of his head on a train table. He got a cut that bled and bled (typical head wound). We finally got the bleeding stopped, and I started debating in my head whether we should take him to the ER, or all of us go to The Blaze in spite of the injury (sometimes it is hard for me to admit there needs to be a change in plans). Well, in walks Andy from work, down to the kitchen where he sees Nate with his bloody shirt and a bloody towel that we had used to stop the bleeding. "Do you think," is all I could get out. He looked at me and said, "He needs to go to the ER. Put a new shirt on him. I'll go right now." And thank God for his voice of reason. The poor kid needed four stitches. Good job, Daddy.
On the down side, both Nathan and Andy missed The Blaze. (Brittany, Alex and I still went.) But Nathan was brave for the Doctor (he gets braver each time I hear the story), and Dad and Nate got McDonald's on the way home. Not exactly how I had planned the night...but is it ever?
Some of the carved pumpkins at The Blaze.
Our brave little Nathan and his poor head.
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I am so proud of Nate andof Andy! Good job Laura for taking Britt and Alex!!
Glad little guy is okay.
I slapped a Steri Strip on Nick the other day and hoped for the best--I'm with you Laura. I'll wonder every time I see the scar from here on out if he didn't really need to go to the hospital.
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