Crash

The weather was balmy. Humid and hot. We had played in the paddling pool. Tradesmen were working. Everyone was irritable- the weather does that.

All the kids were in their bathers and Benji was riding his bike. Both Mum and I were watching. He didn't have a helmet on but it wouldn't have helped. He rode his bike at full speed into the base of the trampoline (not on purpose - he was avoiding something else and looked away) His eyelid caught on something and gashed it as he went down.

There was nothing we could do to stop it. We were there and watching and it still happened. I put a compress on it but realised it would need more than a bandaid. Benji was very calm - it was the other two that were the problem.

I told mum we were off to emergency - but I needed her to hold him in his seat and keep him awake and compressed. My other two kids were hysterical. They couldn't manage to get dressed - they were crying and inconsolable. That really doesn't help in these types of situations.

We got to emergency and after the regulation wait were informed he would need stitches. But due to his age and the location - plastic surgery. I had asked a nurse if he could eat and she said yes. Sadly this means that we have to go back tomorrow and do the whole anaesthetic thing.