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8/13/2005

NICE SCAR

Gresham, age almost 3, went to the emergency room last night just after dinner. He jumped off of an ottoman and onto the couch, which was bouncy enough to catapult him over the back of the couch and into a wooden table a few feet away. Apparently he's got a vertical.

Three hours later, Dr.Todd at Williamson Medical Center's emergency room tells us he's fine. He'll just have some gnarly scars on his right eye lid and eyebrow for life and a golf ball sized knot just above for a few days. He looks like Rocky in the third round. Cool.

It's kind of sick I know but I'm proud. A trip to the emergency room is a rite of passage into manhood, or a mark of stupidity. Maybe both. Either way, he's a little more like me now.

17 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You're all boys you know. Three or thirty-one. Doesn't matter.

Hang in there Becky! :)

n

8/13/2005  
Blogger Beth said...

OUCH! I hope he at least got ice cream afterward. He's official now. Welcome to the "scarred world" Gresham.

Beth

8/13/2005  
Blogger ME said...

well he has officially become a man now!

8/13/2005  
Blogger kathryn said...

ouch! poor kid!!!

8/13/2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

like father like son.:)

8/13/2005  
Blogger JOE B said...

Guy rule number 47... As long as it is not life theatening, a trip the emergency room is cool.
I have got a three year old to and he has already been to the ER a time or two. At first it will scare you to death, then once you find out the little guy is OK, everything then is cool. I am glad he is doing fine.
God bless, Joe

8/13/2005  
Blogger Cpt. Crayon said...

Dude, white boy can jump.
That one's a keeper.

8/13/2005  
Blogger Cpt. Crayon said...

"Guy rule number 47... As long as it is not life theatening, a trip the emergency room is cool."

Except if it's something stupid like getting a grape stuck in your throat. Yeah, and the bills for something like that are outrageous.

8/13/2005  
Blogger supersimbo said...

whoa nice bump!! when i was a kid i fell and whacked my head against the side of a door frame, splitting my ear lobe all the way through to the cartilage..............loadsa blood! like you say shaun, a rite of passage............hope the kid gets better soon!

8/13/2005  
Blogger Bar L. said...

Glad he's ok. My son didn't have his first visit till age 8 but ended up spending five days, so it was worth the wait for him...he loved it (I of course was traumatized).

8/13/2005  
Blogger Saija said...

poor little guy ... :o(

and if you are wondering why your sidebar has slide down below the posts ... it is because of the post with the multiple pics (play - i think you called it) and the writing by the side ... if you take the side writing off, your blog should right itself!

helping you make the 300+ daily ... but i must dash to work now (salt mines in the Park - yes even on a Sunday) ... blessings!

8/14/2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What precipiated this behavior...were his spider senses tingling?

Bill

8/14/2005  
Blogger Shaun Groves said...

THe blog looks fine on my browser. No side bar sliding on my screen.

ANyone else having that problem?

8/14/2005  
Blogger Drew Pearce said...

Yeah, on my browser, the sidebar is way down at the bottom.

8/14/2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

At 9 I broke my thumb and my father refused to take me to the doctor...I had no desire to 'become a man' that's for sure...some men can take it too far.

8/14/2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ps - side bar is also at the bottom on my comp

8/14/2005  
Blogger supersimbo said...

shaun you ever wanna come back to the land of the petrol bomb for some gigs??
i am also a part of www.atigevents.com
check us out, we would be up for it possibly

8/14/2005  

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