A Little Adventure!!!

Mark had his Championship Hockey game tonight at The Olympic Oval. The kids and I went as usual... we love his games. Heather luckily decided to tag along.

After last game when I missed 2 of Mark's goals I decided to make the kids go to the bathroom before we go up to the bleachers so I wouldn't hear cheering and stick banging while waiting for Iree and Mace to choose a stall.

We got all that business taken care of and made the trek back to the bleachers. Mace's legs were tired and he asked me to hold him as we climbed the last set of stairs. As we got up to the bleacher, Mark's team was still warming up... One of the guys took a slap shot at the wall and lifted the puck a little too much. It hit Mace in the head, through the net, while I was holding him. He started screaming so I sat down with him... then I noticed the blood... tons of blood!

We found the first aid lady... I just wanted to grab some gauze and head to an Instacare but there policy is to call the paramedics...

They ended up having to give Jacob more attention than Mace because the sight of blood made him a little queasy! In his words "I see swirling light and stars" He was so pale...Poor kid! We got him some Gatorade and he started to feel better.

The paramedics rolled in the gurney... I was thinking "Please don't make Mace ride on that... It will scare him to death." They asked me if I would like the Ambulance to take him to the ER or did I feel comfortable taking him myself as long as I had someone to drive... Wahoo, good thing Heather came... Mark was still in the middle of his game. I gladly signed the waver saying I would take him to an Instacare or ER on my own. I am so glad he didn't have to get strapped down.

At the Instacare they put some numbing cream on the cut and had us wait 20 min. He started to feel better. He looked up at me and said, "Mom, my head is all better, we can go now."

When we got called back the doctor took one look and said stitches aren't going to work... we need to do staples!

Mace repeated, "STAPLES!" poor kid, he was listening to every word intently.

Here is the final product!!! 1 week and we go in to have them taken out. I love adventures but not ones that involve cuts and ambulances.