Bonk!

Well, we always joked that Ethan would be our first child to take us to the ER for a non-asthma related reason... and that was the truth! Last Friday, as we were wrapping up Colin's karate class, Ethan took off out of the waiting area, tripped and smacked his head into the doorjam. Smacked isn't even a term that accurately desribes the sound of his forehead hitting the wood, the audible gasp from the other parents, and his split second silence... then screaming. We spent 20 minutes there stopping the bleeding and icing (thank goodness for the mommy-triage) then went to our local doctor who then sent us to the ER. Because who doesn't want to spend a Friday evening in the ER with two young children? There was a concern about internal bleeding due to the force of the impact, as well as some behavior he had in the two hours folloiwng the incident. There was talk about having a CT scan, but thankfully, after a few hours, he was fine. He looked awful, was hungry and off the wall exhausted, but overall fine. We had to wake him up that night every few hours, but the next morning he was reading and willing to tackle a hike with Aunt Mandy, who was visiting from Minneapolis! The photo is from the trail that morning... Today you can see just the lovely, post bruising yellow....Thank goodness for the thick skull! (And yes, we will now invest in extra bandaids and ice packs!)