Michael (who is a major climber) climbed up on one of the chairs for the kitchen table and was standing holding onto the back of it when I walked in the room. Of course, knowing he wasn't supposed to be on the chair he jumped in excitement (one of those ha ha mommy look what I did kinda things). When he jumped the chair tipped over crashing down on his left middle finger. I ran to get him and there was blood all over the floor. I first thought it must be his mouth bleeding (since mouths tend to bleed a lot) Well I was wrong! After looking to find where the blood was coming from I discovered he had shattered the entire top of his finger. In a panic I quickly covered it- put pressure on it to stop the bleeding and called John to get home so we could get him to the emergency room (my mom was also called so she could meet us there to take Lauren). After hours at the emergency room we left with the following diagnosis: the finger is broken in one spot, a piece of the bone was chipped off in another spot, it was stitched back together, and we are unsure if his nail is salvageable.
Through all of this I couldn't have asked for more of a trooper of a son- yes, he cried... a lot! But, that's expected but overall he was AMAZING!
Lauren left the hospital with Nams and Pop Pop. They took her to whole foods to get pizza for dinner and shopping for new pj's. She went back to their house and is spending the night there (since we didnt get in until after 9pm).
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| Michael in his "mitten" |
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| This is after 9pm after getting home. He hadn't eaten dinner since the accident happened at 5pm so he was enjoying some milk and goldfish. |
Tomorrow we are going to see the pediatrician to get the DTAP vaccine and then to a surgeon to determine if his nail can be saved.
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