Monday May 27

We came home from camping a little earlier than we had planned.

We were going to go to the hot springs again, like we did on Monday....

But Dad severed the tip of his thumb yesterday morning with the axe, while chopping wood.

He and Porter were chopping wood for the morning fire, and dad was watching Porter so closely, you know to keep him safe :)

Well, Dad took his eyes off his own cut to make sure Port was being careful, and wham....off goes the tip.

A nice clean cut, too.

So this morning, we thought it would be best to get him back home and get it looked at.

And get a tetanus shot, since he was due for one.

We got home and got showered and Madi watched the kids while Dad and I ran to the ER, since they are the only choice on this Memorial Day holiday.

They took some xrays, and he just barely missed the bone.

Lucky guy!

They numbed it all up so they could get it cleaned up.

It bled so much while we were at camp, so it was a pretty clean.

But they made sure it looked good.

Then gave dad his shot, wrapped his thumb up and just told him to watch for infection.

He is a tough one.

And  lucky one.

I had night mares all night, thinking about what would have happened if he had cut an inch lower....or the whole thumb.

How easily he could have done that!

Yikes.

Makes me a little queasy!

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The Young's called and invited us for dinner tonight.

We were happy to come, it seems like we haven't hung out with them very much, and the kiddos miss each other.

It was a rainy evening.

Most of the time we were indoors.

UNTIL....Port wanted to go swimming.

So he stripped down to his underwear and jumped in.

Silly boy.

Cassi wanted to get in too.

She wanted to in her clothes, but I told her she would be freezing.

Heather said she could borrow one of Aubree's, so she did.

They swan for a little bit.

They were warmer than us as we stood in the rain and watched them.

Silly kiddos!

Thanks guys for the invite!

 

Waiting for it to stop bleeding so they can wrap it up....

 

 

View from top.

 

View from bottom, and comparison.

 

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