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Chandler attended his first activity as a youth on Wednesday. It was a joint activity with the Young Women and they went to Sokal Park to play soccer. Sounds innocent enough, right? Well, Hudson and I dropped Chandler off at the church and went to the gym. Then we ran home for me to get a shower before we went back to pick Chan up. While I was in the shower, the phone rang. So when I got out, I looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Kelley Wyatt (the bishop's wife) calling. I called her back and she starts the conversation with, Valoree, don't panic, he's fine but...(As a mother, these are the calls you dread!) She then went on to explain that Chandler had busted his head open and that the bishop was on his way to the emergency room with him and that I needed to meet them there. I was fine and very calm until I got off the phone with her and then I started shaking a little bit. So, off to the hospital we went. I called Richard and he met us there. Come to find out, Chandler and another boy, Taylor Miller, both went to head butt the ball at the same time and hit heads. I think Taylor has a bump on his forehead and probably a bad headache. Deena Ennis was at the activity and works at the hospital so she followed the bishop and Chandler there and hooked us up by getting us back quicker. Otherwise, who knows how long we would have sat there. They were busy! Very appreciative of her for that. She also stayed in the room with us while Chan got his stitches. Thanks Deena! I expected that Chandler would have a little blood on his shirt or something but nothing like what I saw. Aubrey Martin took off his shirt and gave it to Chan to help control the bleeding. He was covered in blood, grass, and dirt. I only looked at the wound once and that was enough. Chandler did great though. He was very calm. He turned down pain medicine. The ER doctor, Dr. Pepper (yes, seriously!) suggested that a plastic surgeon sew him up. We know the plastic surgeon that was on call so that was great! Thanks Dr. Menard! He did a great job. The only time Chandler showed any emotion was when they numbed it up for the stitches. That hurt him pretty bad but he was still tough about it. I think I squeezed his hand harder than he was squeezing mine. We're not sure how many stitches it ended up being. He didn't count but it's a pretty big cut. The bishop stayed in the waiting room with Richard and Hudson the whole time. Thanks Bishop Wyatt! Waiting to get a room. This is the dressing they put on the cut in the waiting room.
I actually got the blood out of Chan's shorts. I didn't even try the shirt. I said we should just throw it out but he and Richard both think we should keep it. It accents the skull design nicely don't you think?
After stitches with his face cleaned up a little bit.
This is the next day and after a good shower. If his eye weren't so black and blue and swollen shut, with his hair down, you wouldn't even know he was hurt. Thanks for all the calls of concern and great support we received from friends and family!