Summer Injuries

Why is it that when daddy has to go to Boy Scout camp everyone decides to get injured? On the Friday before he left brother S and little sister L were playing in the church gymnasium and POW! had a full speed head collision.  Here is a series of photos starting the first day with a new one each day or two:

 It is mostly all better now (10 days later). We went to an ophthalmologist to be sure that his eye was going to be unaffected and she said that his vision seemed fine.  There is a slight risk of orbital fracture, but the risk of that was lower than the risk of cancer caused by scanning the head area, so she advised us to wait and see whether the eye seems sunken in at all.  And if that happens then they will scan/xray that area in preparation for corrective surgery. So far it looks okay.

Just in case brother S's injury wasn't excitement enough for a month or so, brother M was trying to make a hole in a paper cup and stabbed his finger. It was a deep split and I knew that it was going to need stitches.  I just love going to the ER at 9pm with all of my kiddos! uggh.  At least it was not too long of a wait and we got home by 11:30pm.

And these are only the people injuries for the week.  We also had a lame dog (Icy broke her toe) to take to the vet and a kitten with an abscess (Tiger).