Crash, Boom, Bang - 4th of July - Benny Style

Well, that saying, "A picture is worth 1000 words" pretty much sums up this post......What started out as a wonderful evening celebrating with all of the Cairney's at Papa and Grandma's, ended up with a visit to the West Des Moines ER for Mr. Ben. He of course was having the time of his life, playing with all of his cousins, games, basketball, hide and go seek, tag, air hockey...you name it, they played it on Sunday night. BUT, one little slip off the bed and bump went his head! Thanks to a very speedy transport upstairs by a very strong cuz Nick, we applied some pressure to a bloodly little head, assessed the situation, and decided that our evening of fun had come to an end. Off to the ER we went, but we did get to see some amazing fireworks en route from Indianola to West Des Moines. Thank you Daddy for driving us there safely. Ben was such a trooper throughout this entire ordeal. He was so very brave, but at the same time asking tons of questions about what was going to happen when we got there, would there be shots, would he have to stay there all night etc.,. Once we arrived, they assessed the situation, cleaned the wound, applied a lidocaine soaked bandage to numb the area, a "ninja head dressing (as Ben called it) and about 2 hours later -ABRACADABRA - 2 staples and we were headed for home!


The only bummer of the deal is that we cannot swim for 7 days (the staples will be removed next Tuesday morning) Baseball started up again this week. He had a great game Tuesday night, but no batting for him this week. I think the hat and helmet would be a bit much......Great plays on defense in the infield/outfield for Mr. Ben - GO CUBS!!!
We were all so thankful that God was watching over us and Ben during this time, we pray for a speedy recovery, and hope that this is not the beginning of a trend for our very active, rambunctious 5 year old guy, that is usually trying to keep up with the big guys! We love you buddy - XOXOX