Handsome Davis Fell on a Wall...

Handsome Davis had a GREAT fall!
All of the mommies and all of the kids
Couldn't put Davis together again!

We raced to the doctor,
Mom & her new friend, too.
Dr. Pressman put him together
As good as new!

Here's the story... We went on our first Idaho Explorers' Club field trip on Thursday to Hagerman Fossil Beds about 45 minutes to an hour away from Twin. We had two other moms and their kids with us. We were all excited for a fun learning experience.

Our first stop was the sand table outside the visitors' center. It is located up one small step to the right of the entrance. The kids had a great time digging for bones and brushing them off like real paleontologists. After they buried the bones for the next kids, we all started heading inside. I stepped back out the door to tell the stragglers, Davis and Evan, to come on in. Davis turned around, forgetting that he'd stepped up, missed the step down and fell headlong into the corner of the brick (or "block," as he says) building.

I saw it and I heard it and before I could process what had happened, blood was shooting out everywhere. I ran to squeeze his head together so that I could control the bleeding. All the kids came out to see what was happening...each one gasping when they saw him. This is the damage.

Jeron ran in to get some towels and find out where the nearest ER was...that would be Jerome...45 minutes back the way we came. Jill, my new friend, grabbed my keys and I ran with Davis to the car. We left the other nine (yes, nine) kids with Jennie. She was a super good sport. I called Jeremiah on the way and told him to head to Hagerman to get the kids...Jennie's car only had room for four. After a LONG drive to the ER in Twin (we decided we might as well go to the new, big hospital rather than try our luck at Jerome), we waited for about three hours before the doctor actually started the stitching. I guess I won't rush next time...apparently the bleeding is the issue and I took care of that quite splendidly.

So, to make a long story short...Davis experienced his first chemically induced high, as they gave him Versed (at my recommendation...can't imagine fighting with him to get the stitches in...that would have been way too traumatic). Then they shot him up with some Lidocaine:

Cleaned the wound really well...

Put in eight stitches...

Let the drugs wear off...

And sent us home with a little Frankenstein.

We go back on Tuesday to get the stitches out. Davis was so tough. He was worried on the way to the ER about whether or not he got his brain. Thank goodness for thick skulls! We kept the pain reliever in him that night and he slept all through the night (he doesn't do that when he isn't injured!). The next day he was right back to normal, crazy, rough play! We'll post some more pictures as he gets better.