Accident Cody

My little Cody seems to be quite accident prone, or maybe it's just that he's VERY active and always climbing, RUNNING, and jumping. My dad nick-named him Tip Over Cody when we lived there because he was constantly falling off stools, tables, etc. So a few weeks ago he was running from the end of the hall to the end of the family room where the fireplace is and tripped and cut his nose on the edge of the bricks... ouch! I'm always worried about what might happen on those darn bricks. There's a ledge about 5 inches off the ground and he's been awfully close to hitting it many times and finally did. It is moments like this that I wish I wasn't the mother who has to witness and figure out what to do about it. Injuries and sicknesses are not my thing! I always wonder if I should take them to the Dr. or wait it out, etc. this one was bad because more than just the cut, he hit his nose so hard that it started swelling between his eyes and bruising. He is quite a tough little guy and acted fine (his usually running, jumping self) so I waited a few days, but just kept worrying it was broken and wouldn't heal right, or would affect his sinuses for years to come, etc. So I called the Dr. and of course he wanted me to bring him in to check out something or other that could be a problem and cause his nose to grow crooked. I was worried after that of all the bad things that could be wrong, but fortunately the Dr. reported everything was fine, and he didn't have to go to a specialist to get the bruising sucked out (gag). Yay. My prayers were answered once again. So now he just has a nice scar across his nose that matches the scar across his forehead that he got in Dec. Another story: The kids and I were at Arctic Circle and he tripped and jammed his head into a step on the play place and blood gushed everywhere. I decided not to take him to the Dr., though now I think it probably should have had stitches; it was pretty deep. It makes me sad to see his once perfect face all scarred, but I guess that's just part of growing up :( (me and him). I'm slowly being strengthened as a mom with each, not so fun, experience. I'm finding out I am quite a wimp, but am getting tougher!

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It really healed quite fast and looks fine now. Just a little pink scar.