Waiting in the ER.
Still waiting. We arrived at about 5:00pm. We left at 9:30pm. Mexico......15 minutes tops! Okay an hour with the drive there and all!
This was taken at about 10:00pm after we had arrived back at home and he had received his 5 stitches. He is soooo brave! Looks like someone went fishing and caught an Alex! :o)
Well, he is working on covering his body with scars. A true football player! I mean he even wore his Pittsburg Steelers shirt for the event! What a fan!! :o) Alex and Jerod have been learning to carve things out of wood. This is something that they have really wanted to do for a while and Greg finally decided he would take them to Dick's Sporting Goods and purchase a small carving knife. Then Greg showed the boys how to use the knives and they were taught all of the safety measures. We had set rules and with much prayer we let our little birdies fly. HOWEVER, then a little spider sat down beside him. Alex was carving a beautiful piece of artwork, (picture to come later!) when a spider came at his face and he went to swipe the spider away from his face and forgot he had his knife in his hand. So, he carved his lip. :o}
I mean he has been working on being a tough guy since he was oh so little.
- Age 1 1/2~ ER visit, fell while he had a harmonica in his mouth and cut the thing that holds our tongue down. Sliced it right in two. I say that is why he speaks Spanish so well!
- Age 4~ Fell into a bench when his was running after someone in preschool, CRACKED HIS SKULL!
- Age 7~ Tripped while chasing a friend and hit his knee on a sharp step 5 stictches to the knee.
- Age 7 ~ Slipped on a slide in a pool and cut his chin, 4 stitches
- Age 10~ Cut his sweet lip with a carving knife and got 5 stitches.
So, as you can see, he is our emergency room child. He is tough! Not one tear, NOT ONE except when he found out it meant no football game on Saturday. Destroyed his little world. I mean shook the foundation of his everything. So, Saturday will be tough for him as he has to watch everyone play. Please pray for him. This is a VERY tough lesson. One he won't forget anytime too soon! Thanks for always praying for us as you never know when we may need your prayers! Alex said, "I sure didn't see our day ending like this!" Last night was the football team's pizza party at Cici's. He had looked forward to it since yesterday when he woke up. It was hard on BOTH boys to have to miss that great night of pizza and fun! We are praying for a better day today! Love to you all! Missy
Sister...first of all I have misseed you tons! Okay, so it sounds like the Lord has your family on missions in the hospital!!! He is still such a cutie patootie, scare and all, but we are going to pray that Miss Muffet stays on her tuffet from now on!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the knife Greg purchased was worth the money because it has a very sharp blade! Praise God Alex missed his eye and nose. That would have been a harder repair than simple stitches. Thanks for the updates.
ReplyDeleteWow!! Alex you are something else bud!! Shelby has a great scar on her lip from where she got 48 stitches but she was only 2 and the story is not near as exciting!!! Sorry you guys had to miss pizza with your team.
ReplyDeleteAlex,
ReplyDeleteI hope that lip is feeling better by now. I'm glad your Dad didn't do the Mexico thing and buy you a machete. Just think, if Tim Tebow hadn't had an off week in his schedule, the two of you could have had something in common; a week off of football because of a head injury. :) Tell Jerod to hold up your end of the football game so your team can maintain its perfect record.