On New Years day we met up with some friends that morning for ice skating. It was about 5 degrees but with no clouds, no wind and little humidity, it felt much warmer.
Then in the afternoon, we attended a 4H sledding party. It was on private land and we had fire pits, chili, soup, hot chocolate and lots of snacks. It was fun to see other people's set ups in regards to heating water, etc.
One of this classic wipe outs. This kid plays hard. In fact, that day he played too hard. Not sure what happened but he came off the sled on one jump and hit a rock with his knee. He told me his knee was hurting (and acting like it) and at one point he told me he thought it was bleeding. However, he did not want to get in the car just yet and look at it. When he finally got in the car, he lifted up his snow pants and freaked out. He did have blood running down his leg but it did not look as bad as he thought. However, when he got home he immediately got in the shower. Upon getting out, we determined it was decent hole and needed stitches. So, Jacob and I spent New Years Evening in the E.R. They were busy so we were there about 2.5 hours and left with 5 stitches across the knee cap. As the PA was deadening the area, Jacob was crying, etc. Then the P.A. adjusted his body and leaned in so that his body was between Jacob and Jacob's knee ~ then he quit crying, making him realize seeing it made it worse. Then the P.A. told me to cover Jacob's eyes as he scrubbed it out ~ ouch~very thankful for the shot~ and gave him stitches. A real trooper he was. They put him in an immobilizer, afraid that if he bent his knee he would rip out the stitches. We returned a week later and had the stitches removed and he is good as new.
Despite the E.R. visit, a great start to the new year, with friends, sunshine, fresh air and exercise!
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