week 41

If I said what a week, it would be an understatement! It started out with Mason having really bad diaper rash and diarrhea. He was so sad for about two days and was being super lovely. He was very clingy and just wanted to lay on my chest. He was even nice to Paige the babysitter and just wanted her to hold him! About midweek he started feeling better and was all over the place again. On Thursday we were out and about all day running errands and he was back to normal again. Thursday night I was getting ready to make dinner and Mason was playing in the kitchen. He was crawling in the hallway and Dakota was coming out of the laundry room and ran right into him. He got startled by Mason since he didn't see him coming and jumped. When he came down, he knocked Mason down and stepped on him. Needless to say, Mason was hurt and bleeding. I saw the whole thing happen and there was nothing that I could do about it. That has to be the worst feeling in the whole world! I grabbed Mason and literally ran to get him in the car and headed for the ER. (Thanks Andrew for pointing out my excellent first aide skills! ha ha!) Josh was just leaving work, so I called him to have him meet us there. I thought that there was a minor emergency hospital a few miles away, but when I got there it was closed. I had to take him to the hospital about 10 miles or so away, but with 6:00 traffic it took about 45 mins! When we got to the ER Mason had stopped crying and was really tired (it was almost bedtime), but was still laughing and flirting with the nurses. I on the other hand, was a wreck. Josh got there at the same time I did (that's how long it took me to get there!) and the ER was fast about getting Mason fixed up. He ended up with 6 staples on the top of his head, two on the side and 5 stitches over his eye. I think that Josh and I are way more upset then he is. For Dakota, he has no idea that something happened. I was really upset with the nurse in the ER because she kept saying it was a dog bite (his mouth was no where near Mason!) and when I would correct her, she would say "a dog bite and dog attack are the same thing". She could not seem to understand that Dakota did not attack Mason! It was a complete accident. That being said, it makes Josh and my decision even harder considering we can't teach Dakota not to cause accidents and we can't take the risk that it might happen again. Obviously we are really upset about all of this and are just trying to figure out what to do next. With Dakota's size, it just makes it really hard with a mobile baby around. Mason is doing just fine now (after he was done getting bandaged, he was playing peek-a-boo with the curtain in the ER room and the nurses station!) I think that Josh and are way more upset then he is. He hasn't even noticed and doesn't act like he's in pain. I swear nothing is going to stop that kid! All i have to say is now we've had our first ER visit and I don't want to go back for a l-o-n-g time...if ever!

We hung out in our PJ's all day Monday trying to feel better

Getting ready for Fall

Hmm? What are these?

I swear he can't sit still!

Leaving the ER

Again

Playing the next morning

He acts totally normal

playing with Chewy

they like to play tug a war

After the bandages were removed

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