Poor kid!

I swear, my Colton just can't catch a break. He is barely 2 years old and he has from the moment he was born had a slew of things happen. When he was born he had respiratory issues that kept him in the hospital a few days, then jaundice which he had to sleep under billi lights. Or as I prefer to say, baby tanning bed. Then who can forget last year with his seizures? He had a spinal tap, mri's eeg's and enough blood taken to supply the red cross. Finally we get that mess taken care of. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and he has a ruptured ear drum, impetigo, throat infection and he had burned his hand on my curling iron. Which brings us to today. Last night, I lay in bed thinking, "I haven't had to go to the ER in a long time. That is so cool!" I should have shut up my thoughts. Today started out OK. I had made arrangements for Konner to come over. His Mom needed to stay in bed and so I went and got him. He is really a cutie, and my kids ADORE him. I went and got him, got us some tacos and came home. Two 2-year olds, are hilarious to watch interact. The babble and excitement and animation are quite entertaining. Chloe got home early, it is early out here on Wednesdays. She played with the boys for a while. Then we all went outside. We were out there, and I had videotaped Colton going down the slide and sent it to my folks and hubby. While I was sending it, Colton got in the way of the swing that the other two were on. It is one of those double seater cage like things. With metal edges that nailed Colton square in the head. I reached down to pick him up and there was blood everywhere. I saw that it was coming out of his head. Yes head wounds are the worst. It was like a little river of blood. I rush him into the house and grab a towel to try to stop the bleeding. I got it to stop and tried to get a closer look. He was so mad at me for bringing him in the house. Well, I told the other two to come in and took Colton in my lap to inspect him. I couldn't really see the wound, but it had stopped bleeding fairly quickly. I decided that it would be O.K. And I would put him down for his nap so that I could keep an eye on it while he was calm. He never went to sleep so after about 30 minutes I grabbed him and was able to see it. It was a nice gash on the back left side of his head. I decided I had better check it out, if nothing to have them tell me nothing was wrong and go home. Dylan got out early too, so I kicked it into gear. I called Konners Mom and she said it was OK to bring him home, and then I arranged to take the older two over to my in-laws. My kids would much rather spend the afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa than in a doctors office. I took my two over to their Grandparents and then ran over and took Konner home. Then decided to go to Insta-care rather than the hospital. For many reasons. 1. It is substantially cheaper co-pay. 2. A lot less busy 3. A lot more relaxed. I got over there and they got him right in. (AND rather than have to pay a $100 ER copay, I only had to pay a $35 Specialist copay.) They decided that he would need to have something either stitches or staples. But rather than get a shot, they used a gel that they repeatedly applied over the next hour. In the mean time we watched Spongebob. It was a very nice experience really. They were all so great over there. Well they took him back and the Dr. and I discussed the options. We decided to go with staples because we knew he would throw a fit and he is one very tough 2 year old. It would be less traumatic for him to be held down for the duration of a stapling vs. stitches. So they put 4 staples in his head. The "boo boo" looks so sad, but you wouldn't know that he had anything happen to him by the way he acts. It is like nothing happened. I am so happy for that. I am sure I will be checking on him all night. Hey, cut me some slack, it's a Mommy thing.