Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Butter Knife "Meats" Schnoz

You will NEVER believe what happened this morning! Austin took a butter knife up the nose. Yeah, the 911 operator had me repeat myself, too. Butter knife up the nose. I bumped him, he slipped, the dishwasher was opened, he fell over the silverware tray and started gushing and screaming. Apparently there is ALOT of blood coursing through a nasal cavity at the same time and it is always looking for a good escape cause it poured. (Thus the ambulance and police cars, I thought he was dying) Jon didn't even argue when I dialed 911. 3 hours later we have mostly recovered. Doc says he will be fine, cosmetic damage on the opening (his little nose had to make room for that big 'ole butter knife blade) and a hefty laceration up the schnoz that should heal up with out any more occurrence in the next 2 weeks. Side note: expect bloody boogies for a good 10 days. Who knew? The morals of the story (yes, there is more than one): Turn even butter knives upside down and do not rush past the mini 3 year old standing at the dishwasher helping unload. Bad news all the way around. You want pictures you say? No you don't, trust me. It is so sad: his perfect little nose is so tragic all swollen and cut up. 3 lacerations form one knife. There is a funny part: his forehead has a 4 dent indentation from fork tines. You have to smile at that. Watch for us on the talk show circuit as Austin takes his claim to fame very seriously.

3 comments:

Marlies said...

So you don't have to post pictures but I hope that you take them to have in later years. For some reason I feel like those are the things I would want to see when I look back and see how well I healed!

Ines said...

That's what all the sirens were about the other day... How did you make it through all that stress? I'm glad he's OK, although a little beat up. They have such resilience, these little ones, but how scary for the mom.

Rachel said...

Ugh. That makes me hurt just thinking about that. Poor kid!