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Saturday, June 25, 2005
At about 11:00 in the morning today, I received a call on my brand new Samsung i730 PDA Smartphone. I was at a client call helping the desperate gentleman get his DSL to install on his aging Windows98 machine. When I answered in my professional work voice, I was answered by my wife crying telling me of a horrible accident Joshua had just been involved in. I could here him crying in the background as Liz told me, “there’s blood all over him.”
I ask her to tell me what happening and to calm down. She explained that Joshua had fallen on the train table face first cutting himself on his face and in his mouth. She was pretty shook up and asked me to come home immediately. I told her I would and hung up and finished up with what I was doing and left.
When I got home, Liz, Joshua, and Katelyn were cuddled up on the chair by the window and computer. Joshua was all cut up and his blood was on Liz’s white shirt. They all looked bad but Katelyn. She had been the calm in the storm of madness helping Liz get ice for Joshua and holding it on his swollen chin. She was our helper in the time of need.
When I looked at Joshua, I could tell he was going to have pretty beat up looking face. He had three scratches. One on his upper right lip, one on his right cheek, and one on his chin. Liz said he was bleeding from his mouth, too, so I suspect he bit his inner cheek and left a scratch in there, too. His chin was also very swollen and very blue. He was banged up, but seemed fine.
When I knew he was fine later in the day, I realized that this was just pretty much the beginning of having a boy. Our 2 and a half year old boy was beginning his travels upon the road of injury. I started when I was about three and continued to make yearly visits to the hospital well into junior high school. Guess I need to gas up the car and map out the emergency room. 
Originally posted on The Dad’s Group
June 26th, 2005 at 11:14
Not all boys injur themselves. Usually boys are less coordinated then girls which leads them to having many falling injuries, but not all boys are uncoordinated. My husband who was always very hyper and adventurous has never broken a bone in his body. My son who is two and can already ride a two wheeler has not injured himself at all.