Thursday, May 20, 2010

A dark rain cloud

It feels like a dark rain cloud is hoovering over our house that is causing accidents to happen to my kids. First it was Wyatt's hands got slammed in the door. He was in the parking lot and and trying to get into our car and swung the door right into the loaded Range Rover parked next to us. Tyson was already in our car and saw what was happening he tried to save the more money then life it's self Range Rover. Wyatt tried to stop the door from closing and sure enough the door caught 4 fingers on his right hand. I ran to the car to open the door to release his fingers and tried to stop the tears for the next 15 mins.

We were on our way to Braydens baseball game so a quick trip to the gas station and purchase of an ice cream stopped all tears. When we got there we had brought sandwiches and scooters to pass the 2 hour games we sit at 3 times a week. Wyatt took a ride on the scooter down the side walk and hit a bump and I turned right in time to see his forehead hit head first. I ran over to him and when I picked him up I saw a bump that looked like someone had cut a snickers in half and stuck it to his forehead. I couldn't even look at it. Chip held him as I ran to grab ice. We held it on for an hour and he seemed to be alright then suddenly he said he felt like he was going to throw up, a classic symptom for a concussion or fractured skull. We drove straight to the insta-care where the receptionist was so disturbed at the sight of his forehead that we didn't even check in, she sent a doctor out the the waiting room to check him out. She said that because of the size and the softness of the injury that we needed to go to the emergency room. Tears started to stream. They called over and got us straight in. The doctor there wanted him to have a cat scan. We prayed and prayed he would be alright.


This picture was taken after 4 hours after holding ice in the goose egg. It was double this size when it first happen.


The results came back and said he would be fine. We truly felt blessed but the doctor told us to be very careful the next few days because it it was so large it could still break threw the skin and in a few days the blood would probably fall down to his orbital area and he would have a black eye for a while. I carried my sweet precious little boy to the car with a new policy that no one rides anything at our house without a helmet. I put him in our bed and watched him all night. In the morning I rolled over and checked him and it was the biggest miracle, the goose egg was gone.



These pictures were taken the next day

There was a very light blue color if you look really closely. Eight hours ago his bump was so large every hospital staff could see it a mile away and now it was gone. It was such a blessing!

The next day was Chip's day off so I went with Brayden on his field trip. Half way through I get a phone call from Chip saying the school just called and Tyson hit his head on a metal poll and it's bleeding really bad and he probably needs stitches. I was all the way in Park City and stuck because I rode the bus with the kids. And to add to that Chip didn't have a car because we dropped it off at the dealership to get fixed that morning. Chip put London in the stroller and walked to the dealership, picked up the car, picked up Tyson, and stitched up his head at home and made homemade bread (Im just kidding about the bread part) but talk about Mr. Mom!!! My stomach did a double flip when I heard the news. I guess I should expect this with three boys but still it rocked me to the core. I need to remember this when London has her mood swings I will welcome them with open arms!!!

5 comments:

Liz Rose said...

Oh Lisa!!! Wow--not very many people can top your stories. Hope some good fortune is headed your way. :)

The Grover Gang said...

That is horrible! I am so sorry!! I am sure you have been through a roller coaster of emotions and need a time out!! I do have to say your stories do inspire me,I will definitely make sure my kids have helmets on, at all times, even at recess! Oh, and Chip is a GOOD DAD! way to go!! I will pray for the storm cloud to leave you house and not to come to mine!

COLEMAN said...

Unbelievable! I am so happy that everything turned out--but talk about stressful and scary. You know when the instacare acts like that you've got something serious. Usually it is like, "my head is falling off and my I have huge red bumps all over and I can't hear anyone, and they're like, "Yup, take a number and have a seat." And the part about Chip stitching up Tyson. That is awesome. Hang in there! Steffani

annie said...

Lisa, I'm soooo sorry, that would have been so stressful to go through. I'm so grateful for those answered prayers, it truly was a miracle. I guess Tyson wanted to see if his dad would have been an excellent plastic surgeon too!!! huh?? Maybe they should just wear helmets wherever they go?? I'll be praying that sunshine and blue skies will be in your forcast for some time.

Anonymous said...

So sorry for Wyatt that happened to Kate when she fall off a shopping cart and she was grumpy for about a month. Good Luck!!!