I suppose it's a rite of passage for any little boy, but to not even survive 6 months perfect and unscarred??? Well, that's just sad. Poor Grant was recently the victim of big brother mayhem, which resulted in a beauty of a cut right through his left eyebrow.
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It happened in the car. The big boys each had one small die cast Thomas choo-choo they were playing with in their car seats. It was past bedtime and the natives were overtired and winding up instead of winding down. I should have known better and put the toys away for the night. Calem's specific choo-choo was a rocket-blaster Thomas. I could hear him in the far back seat making rocket sounds and chanting, "3-2-1..." but I didn't anticipate that "blast-off" would be literal. Surely my 4 year old knows by now that throwing toys of any kind (exception being balls and frisbees) is strictly forbidden. But, no. I hear "blast-off!" and then a thunk. Grant had already been crying hard for the past 20 minutes, so his loud protests didn't particularly alarm me. I immediately had Scott pull over, even though we were nearly at our freeway exit and a mere 2 minutes from home. But I wanted the punishment to be instant and memorable. Then, as I opened the sliding back door, I saw the blood and forgot all about the intended punishment. All I could see was blood pouring down my infant's face, seemingly gushing from his eye. It was the first time in my life I thought I might faint. I screamed at Scott to go and get to the EMH emergency center that we were less than half a mile away from. Even though I know it was only about a minute before we got there, it felt like it took 2 hours, and I was terrified that my baby's eye had been severely and irreversibly damaged.
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Much to my relief, once the bleeding had stopped and the face cleaned up, we found that Grant sustained only a decent cut just above his left eye. Stitches weren't needed, just a few steri-strips and a band-aid.
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Needless to say, Calem was in deep trouble. Both boys have been grounded from any kind of toy or handheld item in the car indefinitely.* Grant is recovering just fine.
This shot taken right after the incident, within minutes he was smiling--I was still crying.
Just a few weeks later, and there is a definite scar, though it is minor.**
* Since this post is back-dated, it has now been about 3 months since the incident. They are still grounded from having anything in the car.
** At 8 months of age, the scar is still present and visible, though faded significantly.
