Owen's Battle Scar

Owen had a rite of passage last Wednesday. Let's start from the beginning...Owen and Avery were helping Tyler and I with the crazy amount of leaves in our yard, and as a reward we were letting them play in the huge pile of leaves on the trailer. Long story short, Owen fell and hit his head on the metal side rail of the trailer. Tyler grabbed him and knew instantly, based on the amount of blood, that we needed to head straight to the emergency room in Ames. He ran inside and grabbed a dish towel to hold on the cut. I had already loaded Avery into her car seat, so Tyler and Owen just hopped in the back and we were off. Tyler informed me as soon as we got in that he needed lots of AC in the back so I looked back at him and noticed he was looking quite pale! Oh boy! I called John and Linda to meet us at the ER so they could take Avery while we went back with Owen. It seemed to take forever to get to Ames but we finally made it.  Tyler told me later that Owen keep asking on the drive to Ames, "Did I hit the trailer really hard?" He didn't cry very long for very hard which is really surprising. He didn't cry much on the drive either. We met John and Linda down there and didn't have to wait long to get called back (thankfully!) The gash was done bleeding by the time we got to the ER. Owen was adamant about sitting on Daddy's lap and Tyler was very willing to oblige. There is a definite difference between family doctors and ER doctors! The doctor came in and after taking a short look at Owen's forehead just squeezed his skin, pulling the gash together and commenting that the cut should "Come together nicely!" Whoa! Owen was very brave through all of this and didn't even flinch. God has given Owen a very calm disposition and one that can handle trauma very well! He was a trooper trough the whole ordeal! Knowing Owen we decided not to have him sedated. The doctor was doubtful but respected our decision. They ended up "burrito-ing" Owen's body in a blanket but it wasn't necessary. The hardest part for Owen was getting taken off of Daddy's lap to be burritoed. But he quickly calmed down and got to lay down next to Daddy to get the stitches. (Which was good for both Owen and Daddy who didn't need nor want to watch Owen get stitches! Lol!) He ended up getting a couple (2 or 3 is my guess) internal stitches and 6 visible stitches! Owen was such a big boy! I think he impressed the doctor and nurse that worked on him and I know he impressed Tyler and I! He was so brave and we are so proud of him! The nurse that removed his stitches even said that if we take good care of the cut that we shouldn't even see it in a year! Crazy! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers and well wishes! God had His hand in the whole thing and I can see many blessings in this scary situation!