For any of you who know Jonathan, you know he loves to jump! Well, Saturday evening right before going upstairs for bed around 9:30pm - was no different. He wanted to jump on his little exercise trampoline in the living room. But that's not all!!!!! He also wanted to play his little ghost/monster game where he puts his blanket over his head and says "rooaaaaarrrr' to whoever he meets. But this time - instead of going after people, he decided to add his two games and jump on his trampoline with his blanket over his head while he said 'roar' repeatedly. After a few jumps, I guess he though he was ready to pounce on the couch (as I have seen him do that countless time before) - however..... he was facing the wrong direction! So instead of landing on the couch and he likely anticipated... he went face first into out fireplace mantel made out of tile!!!! And yes - panic set in as I saw the whole thing because I had just minutes before sat down in the recliner to ice my shoulder!
Matt ran over and scooped him up as he immediately began screaming (which is a good thing because it meant he did not loose consciousness)! And since the blanket was over his head, it was catching all the gushing blood and not creating a huge mess of the living room (SEE - there's a blessing in disguise, right?!)... So my first question, how bad is it? Followed by - do we need to take him in? Matt moved into the light of the kitchen and immediately said "Grab the keys! And where are my shoes?" So off we went... screaming the entire way on Daddy's shoulder - we got to the ER and was brought right back... Where a little more pain would be brought on for this little man. The first IV blew within minutes of being put in. The doctors couldn't exam well enough to determine the extent of his injuries, so they had no choice but to sedate this sweet child. And let me just say - that's a hard one - especially knowing what it's like. Knowing that you can still feel the pain but are unable to react to it.... I got to watch Jonathan endure that as the doctor examined him after sedation and seeing tears begin to fall from his eyes as the doctor pulled around his nose skin. After this quick exam, they replaced his IV on the other arm, replaced his toe monitor and hooked up his chest monitor as well and sent him off for a CT scan. Their initial thoughts were that he broke his nose and likely parts of his face - makes sense seeing how he nose dived into the edge of tile! After the CT scan, they brought him back to the room and began to stitch his nose back in place. As you look closely at the second picture, you can see where he completely severed his left nostril and almost his middle part too. Luckily, Matt and I are not afraid of blood and were able to stay through everything. The doctor had a challenging time getting the pieces of his nose back into the best possible position before he began stitching. About halfway through putting in over 20 stitches, the doctor got the results from radiology..... NO BROKEN BONES!!!! To the surprise of everyone, Jonathan came out with only the severe laceration of trying to tear his nose off.
The day after has been a challenging one... between managing pain, trying to help the swelling, putting ointment on, the nasal spray to keep his nose from clogging, his mouth hurting and finding foods for him to eat, and OMG the attitude that has come out today as well.... But no worries, he has Matt and I wrapped around his little fingers and to an extent we have tried to keep him as comfortable as possible. At least one of us has stayed with him at each moment - to include me having to take a 4 hour nap with Jonathan today.... (I know - it was such a sacrifice!) But by the end of the 'day-after', he was mostly back to normal - jumping around, playing with Daddy, kissing Mommy's owies (shoulder), and throwing his Terrible-Two tantrums!
Again - the pictures below to have blood in them...
