It was just after getting Tanner's costume in the mail and Ethan and he were both taking their turns putting it on. They were outside playing for some time before I heard screaming/crying and then Ethan (the victim) walked in the house. He said that Tanner threw a rock at him. Just as I was figuring out where his injury was I started to see a stream of blood running from the top of his head. I grabbed the camera that was nearby and took a picture because it looked severe enough to justify photo documentation.
The wound itself didn't look horrible but after wiping the blood up and putting pressure on it, it wouldn't stop bleeding. It was like a slow leak. I kept waivering between taking him to the dr and letting it heal on its own. I even called our family doctor's nurse to ask her opinion and in the end, (after a couple more hours of deliberation) I didn't take him in. It was only about a 1/2 inch long contusion that looked kinda like a big paper-cut.
Now that all is said and done I think that if I were to have brought him in they probably would have put a couple stitches in it. It took a couple weeks at least to heal and you can still see it on his head. I still don't know how Tanner, being almost a foot shorter than Ethan, managed to throw (according to Ethan, a small rock) on top of Ethan's head. Here are the photos:
2 comments:
Oh my goodness! Do not mess with Tanner! Poor Ethan! Wierd how siblings have tried to hurt each other. Megan tried to drown Karly when it was just the 2 of them.
Wow, poor guy, those head wounds don't stop! Matthew smacked his head on the bottom of a desk (picking up his pencil) at school and cut his head open. It wouldn't stop bleeding for a long time too. Luckily he didn't need stitches either! Hope he's doing better ;D
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