Lukas Takes a Tumble

Ahhh the first snowfall of the year, so beautiful, so pristine, so lovely..... so frozen. Along with the cold, wet snow comes the ice, the black ice. Poor Lukas went to school today, all happy that it was short day, he had boots, gloves, a coat and hat to play in the snow, but alas this was not to be.

On the way into school after the first bell, Lukas slipped and fell. He split open the skin right about his left eyebrow. I got a call from the school's secretary saying that Lukas had fallen on the ice and had a cut, but the school's nurse was there, but I needed to come and see him. Usually this wouldn't have been such a big deal, but today I had Audrey and Ada with me. I had gotten dressed, but not the girls. So we put on coats and grabbed blankets and off to school we went. When I arrived Lukas had paper towel on his head soaking up the blood. I looked and the cut and realized that it was pretty, darn wide and would probably need stitches. So now we were off to the Urgent Care.

Ada and Audrey were real troopers, and everyone loved the fish, suckers and songs, but after two hours of waiting (and a certain girl missing her nap), we all kinda wanted to leave. Lukas was the bravest of all, he didn't move when they gave him two shots to numb his head. He didn't make a peep when they irrigated his wound. He could have been asleep when they "tugged" in his skin when they were sewing him up.

Now Lukas is the proud owner of 6 stitches (or sutures, if we want to be technical) 1 on the inside and 5 on the outside, and a lovely scar (according to his Dad, "Chicks dig scars") and hopefully we can put an end to this trauma. A big THANK YOU to Dr. Jeremy Coleman and nurse Monica, for great treatment and all the hard work on our behalf.