I'm on a run, and having a great run at that. The sky is blue and perfectly clear, spring is in the air, the humidity is low (a rarity in Tallahassee), and it's just a lovely Saturday morning. "Life is good", I think to myself as I turn up volume on my ipod and enter the home stretch of my 5K run. I fed the kids an early lunch before I left, and Keegan should be well into his nap by now. Nothing to do once I get home except enjoy this beautiful weekend. Suddenly, I see my car pull up.
"Now that's weird...Keegan is sleeping, so Jay shouldn't be leaving the house. Must not be my car after all".
But, unfortunately, it is. Jay pulls up alongside me and says something to the effect of "Get in the car. We have to go to the hospital. Keegan fell in the bath and needs stitches in his chin".
"Huh?", I stammer stupidly. I look in the backseat, and sure enough the kids are all there....Keegan with a bandage on his chin and dried tears on his face. My poor baby! So I jump in the car and off we rush to the ER.
"Oh, how suddenly plans can change when kids are involved".
Though there was really nothing he could have done, the Daddy-guilt is overwhelming. Jay hurries the boys to Nana's house (like it or not -- I'm sure they had other plans for this picture-perfect weekend) and meets us at Urgent Care a half hour later. In his hands: a brand new Bert and Ernie. He quickly and effectively wins back the Keegster's love.
TWO hours later (things like this always happen on the weekend, of course, effectively tripling the amount of time spent waiting to be seen), Keegan is glued up within seconds and is as good as new! What a trooper he was!
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Glued? They glued him? Was it right where the chin bone is on the bottom? Phil had 4 stitches there - he fell and hit it "right" when he was about 2.5 years old and really, it just split the skin! I really think it was more traumatic for me having to hold him down :(
hugs and kisses to Keegan!
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