Thursday afternoon, I had picked Braylen up from school after doing some grocery shopping with the other boys & we came home to put everything away. Cheryl & her kids came over & she was going to finish the Shepard's Pie I had started for our weekly "Top Chef" dinner night & watch the kids for me while I headed to a baby shower on base. I was cleaning up & putting groceries away & Tucker came in crying & holding his head. With 4 boys playing, someone always ends up hurt but I figured it was just a bump & told him that he was fine & to go play. So, he kinda wandered around the kitchen & kept crying about his head hurting so I turned to look at him & realized that this was a little more serious than a bump. His forearms & face were completely covered in blood & there were drips all along the tile floor. I cleaned him up & assessed the damage...a nice little gash in his forehead. He had fallen & hit his head on the corner of the "toybox". It's a wooden coatrack/bench that we keep their games in by our front door. I tried to clean it up & the bleeding slowed down but didn't stop & it didn't seem to be staying together so Cheryl helped me make the decision to take him to the ER.
Before
We had a pretty easy trip to the ER. Tucker doesn't like anyone to mess with him so it was an ordeal getting his pulse ox, temperature & weight. Once we got a bed, he played with my phone & didn't seem to care what anyone did to him. We had an awesome Dr & she was able to clean out his cut & get the Dermabond applied without any trouble.
After
He was pretty excited to tell everyone what happened to him & that the Dr glued his head up. I guess this kind of stuff comes with having boys...I may be in trouble!
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