Injuries in Threes

They say bad things come in threes.  We’ve had 3 broken bones, 3 split heads, and 3 knocked out teeth in the last 3 Years.  So, I’m pretty sure we’ll be good for a while now!!

I thought it would be a bit therapeutic to review the past and lay it all to rest.   **Warning to any with hemophobia.  Proceed with caution.**

 

#1 Broken Bone – This kicked off the bad luck!  McKay, at around 18 months, was running in the family room with a toy baseball bat in his hands.  The bat got tangled up in his legs and tripped him, resulting in a broken fibula and tibia.  We were shocked!  Actually, I’m still shocked.  It was such a benign fall.

#2 Broken Bone – I wouldn’t say the kids are big risk takers or dare devils.  Most of our injuries are bad luck.  All?  No.  This injury falls into the category of Poor Decision instead of Bad Luck.  We were at my parents house and Jax jumped from the sofa onto an exercise ball.  A bad, bad decision! For which he paid the price.

Actually, I paid the price.

Lesson learned.

#3 Broken Bone –  Apparently the lesson wasn’t learned.  He broke the other arm almost exactly a year later.  The kids were jumping on the trampoline as I was swinging in the nearby hammock.  Jax was down on all fours, bouncing, and came down weird on his arm.  I watched it happen and it didn’t look dramatic, but sure enough, x-rays said it was broken.  Trampoline bounce gone wrong!  Darn.

Time for the teeth…..

#1 + #2 Knocked Out Teeth – This injury still pains me to this day and wins the award for The Worst of All Johnson Injuries.  Sadie and McKay were playing in the family room. Sadie was tickling McKay and he fell off the sofa.  No big deal?  Lots of kids laugh and fall off sofas unscathed.  Maybe?  I think???  Anyways, he was laughing so hard he never got a hand down to break his fall and landed on his face.  I heard the cry and ran to him. I knew from the cry this was a bad one!  His tears were flowing, his blood was gushing, and when I wiped the blood away I had two teeth in my hand!  I’m usually cool under pressure but my heart dropped with this one!  I had to sit down because I was a little shaky.  I had Sadie call Ben at work with the message of, “Come home now!”  We sent the dentist pictures but there was nothing that could be done.

Took me a while to recover from this one!  I grieved for days for the loss of that perfect little smile.  We had a retainer made for him with two fake teeth but it always falls out.

I still miss those teeth :/

#3 Knocked out Tooth – This falls into the category of Poor Decision Making again.  I was at my brother’s house helping him move and the boys were upstairs playing.  Using the lid from a bin, Jax thought it would be fun to replicate the scene from Home Alone when Kevin slides down the stairs on a sled and out through an open door.  Jax was successful in his attempt so McKay decided to give it a go, too.

McKay was not successful, unfortunately

He went tumbling forward and face-first into the railing.  His tooth was knocked backwards and he split his frenulum.  The tooth was wiggly for a while and it’s a little discolored but it did reattach, thankfully!

#1 Stitches – McKay was running and fell into the corner of a desk.  Stitches.  That child had THE most perfect smile and plump little baby lips.  Tore me up inside to see it ruined.  The scar has faded, and though I still see it, no one else seems to notice it.

#2 Stitches

Park.

Swing.

My Head.

Ouch.

There’s a little more to it, but that’s the just of it.  I did what I’ve told my kids a thousand times not to do – moved in front of a swing.  So dumb!  I learned my lesson.

#3 Stitches – McKay was riding his bike, lost control, and the handlebars met the underside of his chin.  It was a pretty jagged cut so we had it stitched up.  He never shed a tear after the initial 3 minute cry when it happened.  My mom took him to have the stitches removed (we were in Thailand) and he never cried that time either.  My brave little accident-prone soldier.

 

That’s it!

At least I hope that’s it.