Another Father's Day, another trip to the E.R.

 

Last year, I made a big meal for my family for Father's Day. I went home from church early and later heard that my grandmother had passed out and was taken to the emergency room. Little did I know that we would heading back one year later!

Mom and I made enough food for Saturday night and Sunday meals. (Lauren was OOT last night) After dinner, we headed outside for one of our family's favorite pastimes...backyard baseball. It was Matthew's turn to bat and Bryon was playing catcher. Matthew hit the ball and threw his bat back. The bat hit Bryon in the face and split his lip all the way through. It is just as deep inside his mouth as outside. Lots of blood was involved!

My parents took Bryon to the emergency room and I stayed behind to console a heartbroken Matthew and put the kids to bed. Matthew thought that Bryon wouldn't talk to him "for a hundred years"! He finally settled down and I headed to the E.R. while my brother and sister-in-law stayed home with the kids. The nurse walked in and said, "I have to ask all our patients this. Do you feel safe in your home environment?" We had a good laugh and said, "Not when Matthew is weilding a bat!" Bryon got 9 stitches and a tetanous shot. We headed home late last night.

The incident didn't slow us down too much and we had a great Father's Day lunch. Bryon will have scar, but it will always remind me how much he enjoys playing with the kids! We are definitely going to buy a catcher's mask and batting helmets. The boys are getting more dangerous with their swinging! I am also going to advocate for a change in our family's favorite pastime. Maybe backyard chess? Or backyard badmitton?