May 1, 2011 - First ER Trip

Well, we enjoyed a nice run of not going to the emergency room, but it was too good to last - poor Carter. We were at mom's house and she was helping me get some things ready for Disneyland when I heard the thud (you know the one), followed by the cry (you know, the serious cry), and then saw the blood. He had been horsing around with Spencer and had tripped over my dad's feet and fallen face first into the corner of their end table. When I saw the hole in his lip I thought he would for sure need stitches.  My mom was kind enough to accompany me to the ER while Matt stayed home with Spencer. Carter was a total trooper, even looking at it now I know that it had to hurt and he handled it like a champ. In the end the ER doctor didn't feel that he needed stitches, he just said to keep it clean and that it would heal better without them. I could not believe how swollen his poor lip was. I took him to the dentist to have his teeth checked and you could see the surprise on the dentist's face when he saw him. He asked if I was sure there wasn't something caught in his lip making it so swollen and x-rayed it to be sure - there was nothing in there. Luckily his teeth were fine and the only thing left to do was to give it time.

 Carter was back to his old self in no time, although he was having a hard time speaking and eating.  Then the day before we were leaving for the airport Spencer managed to accidentally hit him with a toy sword and give him a black eye. Geez! He really looked like he had been beat up then.  I thought for sure we would get stopped in the airport for child endangerment or something.  Luckily everyone that asked about it was sympathetic to the situation.  I had to add this last picture because I love that it's the little things that make a five year old feel better - like wearing swimming goggles in the bath tub.