Little boys are generally accident prone, right? Well surprisingly it took three years for Marley to have his first major accident that required an ER visit. Marley, Gracie, and Laney, the little girl we babysit, were playing in the backyard. Marley and Gracie were hitting each other with sticks and Marley walked away pouting with his shoulders hunched and head down and fell face first into a large rock. Douglas saw the end of this ordeal happen and ran to Marley to find him gushing blood from his mouth. He had bitten his top lip pretty bad and had a huge goose egg on his head. He repeatedly asked if he could go to sleep and his mouth looked pretty bad so we decided to take him to the ER. Gracie was terribly worried that we would have to leave him there and I had to explain that he might need stitches but that he would be fine.
Everything was fine and he didn't need any stitches. The worst injury was to his teeth. One is chipped and three are pushed back a bit. Not too bad for a major fall. He's back to himself again and is happy to eat normal food again. We are so blessed to have such a great little boy who loves to run, jump and play. I guess the falls are just a small price to pay for the all the fun he has playing so hard.
Day 2Poor guy!
