Knock on Wood

About a year ago, Eddy brought home a set of golf clubs given to him by a friend. The boys were really excited about getting to golf and set up a course of sorts. A couple of days later I heard screaming from the backyard which was not that unusual. We have our share of head bumps and scraped knees and I figure if they are really hurt they will come inside or get me and so I wait for that. It wasn't long before Quinton came in screaming about McCoy. I couldn't understand what he was saying when McCoy came in with his whole face covered in blood. I am the type who is a bit squeamish and I have to close my eyes during Walking Dead or other shows with blood and gore.  I have never been tested to see how I would handle real blood and injury until now. I grabbed a paper towel thinking it would be cleaner and blotted McCoy's face. At this point I didn't know even where on his face he was injured. There was so much blood that it took a bit of cleaning up before I could find the source of it. McCoy is the type who flips out if he even ever sees a drop of his own blood so he was besides himself on this one. I discovered a inch cut right on his right eyebrow bisecting it. At first I didn't think it was to bad but then I realized it was deep like various layers of skin and other things deep.  I grabbed some shoes and a bunch of paper towels and got in the car with McCoy driving toward town trying to decide whether to go to the doctor or ER. I thought the doctor would be cheaper so I tried that first. Luckily my doctor was able to stitch (four stitches) McCoy back together. His eyebrow was really swollen and he got a black eye too. Turns out that Archy was swinging the golf club to hit a ball and struck McCoy with the club slicing his eyebrow open.  I was strangely calm through it all and thank goodness it hit McCoy's eyebrow and not his eye. Now, McCoy has a very thin scar that isn't very noticeable.

When Zaynzley first came in the house from the backyard the other day, I froze. I thought she was injured and had blood and gore all over her mouth. Thankfully it was just a plum. I much prefer it that way instead of an emergency trip to the doctor and knock on wood we will all stay injury free around here!