not a good week to be Gavin

So far the week has not been kind to Gavin. Sunday and Monday he had a cold and a fever; Sunday afternoon he stepped funny and twisted his ankle; Monday afternoon he was running through the kitchen, tripped, and fell into the corner of the railing at the base of our stairs. It bled horribly for a few minutes and was the first time I wondered if we needed to take him to the ER.

His cold is better now, apart from a little bit of a runny nose. The foot was fine within an hour or two. It was pitiful though, as he couldn't put much weight on it, but of course didn't understand what was happening so he kept trying. Each time he'd try to walk, he would fall down. Finally he figured it out and started crawling everywhere.

The fall was another matter entirely. Like I said, I wondered for a little while whether I needed to take him to the ER. I called the pediatrician, but the office was closed. By that time the bleeding had stopped, except for when he would reach up and touch it, and it was obvious the skin was not hanging loose or anything, so I decided it wasn't necessary to take him in.

It was one of those "what if" moments thatq just haunt you forever - what if he'd been a step or two closer to the railing? He'd have smashed down onto the corner with his eye, instead of right above his eyebrow. Shudder shudder shudder. Thankfully it's fine and no lasting injury appears to have been done. Unless it doesn't heal properly, in which case he'll have a pretty Y shaped scar. A real conversation starter, I'm sure.