Saturday started out okay for Jillian. She spent Friday night with Wesley at Yaya and Papa’s house. Friday night while they were gone Amber and I went to the SAM (no special exhibit so it was nice and quiet) and had gelato at Bottega Italiano (their pear is wonderful). So nothing really hinted that Saturday was going to be a really lousy day for her (or us).
It all started with bowling. Bowling as you may know is extremely dangerous. Right up there with car racing, bull fighting and playing chubby bunny. You don’t believe me that bowling is dangerous? Well hang in there. It started innocently enough as a fun game of bumper bowling with her brother and grandparents.
Here is Jillian bowling. Pay attention to the center of gravity.
And now for Wesley. See how much more stable he looks?
It turns out having a good center of gravity is important in bowling. Because somehow shortly after this video was made she fell onto her ball and split her chin open.
Yes, that is a 1 inch wide, down to the fatty tissue cut on her chin. And yes, that is her in the ER (our doctor was closed and the urgent care place doesn’t like to give kids stitches). On the way home from bowling she ate far more lunch than she normally does. She seemed perfectly happy to have the gash. In the ER she had fun working on her sticker book and we were teasing her that she needed to work on her sad face. She looked like she was having too much fun!
She wasn’t too thrilled with getting stitches, though. She cried and screamed, but mostly held still. She ended up with three stitches and it looks like she’ll have only a tiny scar (and she seems a little excited that I have an under-chin scar, too). That red dot above the stitches is where she got poked by the needle when we weren’t quite holding tightly enough. Sorry J!
You might be thinking, that sure, a 4 year old gets hurt bowling, but that hardly makes bowling a dangerous activity. I mean 4 year olds get hurt walking across the living room. True, but our nurse told us that she was the 3rd bowling related injury she had personally seen in the ER that week. I’m telling you the bowling lobby in this country is too strong. Its time that someone takes a stand for bowling-related safety!
Wesley is always a sweet brother, but especially when Jillian gets hurt. Here he is taking good care of her while Amber is getting ready to put on a clean bandage.
You’d think that stitches would be enough to qualify for a bad day. Oh, but you would be wrong. This poor little girl spent 10p-12p puking her guts out. All over her bed and then again and again and again. Luckily she has the best mom in the world to take care of her. Of course she woke up at 7 am as if nothing had happened. I think she’ll be fine.
As a side note, for those keeping track at home:
Number of trips to urgent care/ER for stitches/staples: Wesley: 2 Jillian: 2 Total number of stitches/staples: Wesley: 7 Jillian: 7Yes, we are all tied up. It is getting to be quite the nail biter. Who will end up with the most? Stay tuned!
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Poor Jillian! I agree, bowling can be dangerous! Take care sweet Jillian!
My money’s on Wesley for the most stitches!