Boys will be boys? I suppose I should've prepared myself for this day, but there's no way you can prepare for the scariest thing you've ever gone through. It was a normal Saturday morning at little gym and the kids were exploring- jumping off padded blocks and balancing on the beams. Hunter was showing off how he can swing on the bar and it happened, he reached, missing and landed his head right onto the metal pole (the one thing in the entire gym that is not padded!). Michael quickly grabbed him while I ran over. I took one look at him and his forehead was bulging out!! I ran out of the gym and to the front desk and told them to call 911... what I saw happening I've never seen before. It looked like the bump was going to pop and he was so afraid. As soon as the aid car got there they checked him out and THANK GOD he was OK! He didn't have signs of a concussion and he was acting completely normal. We rushed him to the walk in to be safe and make sure we understood what to look for in changes.
That was by far the worst experience that I've ever been through (and I am sure I can speak for Michael and say it was his too). You feel so helpless and scared of the unknown. The twins are our world and something like that makes you squeeze them a little tighter at night.
The photo from a few hours after doesn't do it justice... the knot on his head was HUGE and just so thankful the swelling went down quickly. Now he has a nasty bruise on his forehead as a reminder that it only takes one quick second for them to hurt themselves and you have to be alert every second. It seems so basic but it is so true.
Very glad we had the support of the moms at Little Gym to help hold and comfort Hailey (and mommy who was freaking out) while we were tending to Hunter.
You know he's hurt when you say cheese and he covers his face! He didn't want any pictures of his owie!
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