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On Friday evening my son was out riding his bike around the neighborhood and decided that he would attempt to take his bike over a ramp that a neighborhood kid built.
Well he made it over the jump but fell off of his bike and punctured his right leg very badly, on what he punctured it on we are not sure, but so bad you could see all the way to his bone. Yuck, I know!
So we rushed him to the hospital to get it looked at, they did all sorts of things to him to see how bad it was. They took x-rays, cleaned it out about 3 times, they even had to shoot some blue dye in his leg to see if there was any joint damage and luckily there was not. This was one of their biggest things that they were worried about, again thank god there was not any damage.
After spending close to 6 hours at the hospital we were all physically and emotionally wrecked. You never want to see your child in that much pain that he endured. You always state that you would gladly change positions with any of your kids when they get hurt, but I don’t know if I could even go through what he went through.
Today he is up and walking more and more and gladly he will be alright.
And Yes! He was wearing his helmet; we never ever let him ride anything without one.
The luckiest part of the story that the jump was going from the street to the grass, I couldn't even imagine what would have happened if it was all in the street.
sorry to hear that--my daugher fell off a brick wall and drove a rock through her cheek and ill never forget the sounds of that day--and to change places with your kids im pretty sure you could do it because the way you sound im sure you could--im 29 and had heart bypass surgery last month and ive got a 11 inch scar on my side and a weak and a half after my son was sleeping on the couch and was going to roll off and i jumped out of the recliner and caught him ripping out the front staples and that was instinct--i didnt want him to hurt so i stopped his fall
sorry to hear that--my daugher fell off a brick wall and drove a rock through her cheek and ill never forget the sounds of that day--and to change places with your kids im pretty sure you could do it because the way you sound im sure you could--im 29 and had heart bypass surgery last month and ive got a 11 inch scar on my side and a weak and a half after my son was sleeping on the couch and was going to roll off and i jumped out of the recliner and caught him ripping out the front staples and that was instinct--i didnt want him to hurt so i stopped his fall
It's amazing how superhuman we get, when it involves our kids.
So just a quick update, he has been up walking and almost running everyday, playing outside and all. So like everyone said kids are resilient and they heal quick. He was more embarrassed to go outside more then anything, because he didn't want the kids making fun of him.
My 7 year old son had a bike accident!
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