Saturday Snapshot

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I had planned to show adorable photos of my mom's new golden retriever puppy but I'll have to save that for another week.  If my kids can all stay healthy! (knock wood)

Oops he did it again...
Remember this photo from Father's Day? My youngest son had a mishap while he was racing his 4 wheeler. Guess where we were this week? Back at the ER! And not just one, but two!

ER visit for Father's Day injuries

I got this text from my youngest son Tuesday afternoon. "Don't freak out. I cut my hand badly" (Is there a way to cut it goodly?) I calmly wrote back "I'm not freaking out but I'm going to call you"  He told me that he was on his way to the ER because he had cut his hand at work with a carpet knife. (like a utility knife) When we met him there and talked to the doctor, she was concerned because he had cut three fingers quite deep and it was hard to control the bleeding. She was also pretty sure that he had injured tendons so they wanted to send him to a hand specialist at a large hospital two hours away. When I asked if we would be driving him ourselves she said we should let him go in an ambulance because of the bleeding and the IV. So hubby ran home to grab our stuff in case we needed to stay overnight while the transportation arrangements were made. We even got to request his buddy who is an EMT and who also rode with him the last time. (We have become frequent flyers of the ER.) We met our son at the next hospital (he got there much sooner since he got to ride with lights and sirens!) in much different surroundings. We went from our dinky little ER with six curtained off beds and a few private rooms to a much larger, city ER with security guards and multiple rooms. We were in bed 48! My brother lives nearby so he came to wait with us while our boy was assessed. To make a long story short-ish (so sorry for the length of this post) he didn't damage the tendons but does have nerve damage that will hopefully regenerate. He needed 18 very loose stitches (to allow for drainage) across the palm side of three fingers, an antibiotic, pain meds, lots of gauze and a splint. We got home at 2:30 a.m. I have disgusting, yet interesting photos before, during and after the stitches but I will spare you those details.

So to sum it up, that's three ERs and two ambulance rides for the same kid in one month. And those weren't even his first trips in an ambulance. Or obviously to the ER. Or my only kid to ride in an ambulance. Good grief... My three boys sat around one evening this week comparing scars, stitches (they've all had them in the last year) and stories of other accidents. It sounds like they're clumsy but that's not the case. They've all played sports their whole lives including college, all have jobs and sometimes they have dangerous hobbies. They work hard and they play hard. They are males.

A friend of mine made the comment that we never seem to catch a break. On the contrary. We definitely caught a break. Again.  My kid got to come home with us from the ER and I feel we are very fortunate. I count my blessings every-single-day.

ER visit for cut fingers

The little bandage he wore home