Another black eye for Chase

Yep, this one is a doozie! It happened on Sunday evening when we (Maren, Chase and McKay) were taking our Sunday Stroll.

Chase was riding his scooter and he stepped wrong on it and he started to fall and his handle bars turned and the round part at the end of the handle bars hit his upper right cheek and cut it. There was blood spurting everywhere but luckily, we came prepared for allergy noses and had kleenex and a water bottle. I sent Maren to go and get Steve. I held Chase in my arms trying to stop the bleeding, waiting for Steve to come. People ran over from the park that was across the street from where it happened, some people came from their houses and even a skate boarder dude came over from the skate park-all very nice of them. I just told them we were waiting for Dad to come but Maren came back with a roll of paper towels and told me that is what Dad gave her. I told her to go back and tell Dad that I needed him with the car. Finally, he came and said that Maren came home screaming that Chase had a bloody nose. Maren, who is prone to drama and Chase who is prone to bloody noses...well, Steve didn't think it was a big deal until he came and saw me on the ground holding Chase and blood squirting everywhere with people huddled around me. Talk about a miscommunication!

Once we could get it really cleaned up, we realized he probably didn't need stitches but his cheek was already swelling by then.

Luckily, our home teachers came for a visit and Chase asked if he could get a blessing and was able to get a good night sleep. His eye is worse today than it was yesterday. Hopefully, the swelling will start to go down and he will go back to school tomorrow for his last few days of the year.