First bike wreck

Austin has had his first bike wreck. And, for his first, it was quite the wreck. I don't remember having a wreck like this when I was a kid. Maybe I just blocked it out.

We've told Austin that he can only go to the corner and into the cul de sac. Well, he caved to the pressure from two of the other boys on the street and took his bike close to the top of the hill coming down towards our house. Gene was outside but in the backyard; I was inside. One of the other parents came to Gene and let him know. Gene said, "He'll only fall once." And he did. He fell on the left side of his face. It's all skinned up and swollen. He was glazzy eyed and in a daze.

Today, he wasn't much better so I took him the pediatrician. He did a few basic tests and suggested, as a precaution, that we go to Children's and have a CT scan. So, off we went at 3:30 p.m. today. The radiologist said all looked fine on the scan. We're supposed to watch him for the next few days and if he doesn't get any better or gets worse, to call the pediatrician and we'd go from there.

Tonight, he was better and actually let the bandaids come off (thanks Nonna!). His war wounds look a ton better than they did when it first happened. What a way to start off his 5 year in the world!