An hole, a boy, an adventure...

7.16.09

Can you keep two curious boys away from a huge hole in the ground where a new house is about to be built?

The answer is...

NOPE!

Mac and Lucas decided it was a good evening to explore this giant hole in the ground. Greg was out at golf league and I was inside packing for my scrapbooking weekend. The next thing I know, Lu comes screaming through the back door yelling, "Mom, Mac is bleeding! He needs you!!"

Mac and Lu had decided to explore the hole for the new house across the street

As they were exploring, Mac tripped and fell onto a rebar. The metal bar went into his knee.

When I arrived, I didn't even know how I was going to get him out of there. He was about 12 feet down and I could see no way for me to get down there, more importantly, there was no way I could get him out even if I did find a way down myself! I sent Lu on a journey... go find a male adult! I gave him a list of all our neighbors/friends. In the mean time, I tried Greg on his cell, over and over. When he's on the golf course he usually puts his cell in his bag and doesn't hear it when it rings. Lu returned with a message taht absolutely no one was home!! Finally our neighbor Dao, who lives next to the "hole", came out and I asked her for a ladder. We put the ladder down the hole and Mac crawled out. I then got him on his scooter and pushed him home. it wasn;t until I got him home and up on the sink that I saw the reality of his injury! I am not usually a squeamish person... I worked in a hospital for 5 years... but this... upclose and personal... I had to step a way for a moment. There was a hole on Mac's knee the circumference of a quarter! ughhhhhhhh I panicked.... called Greg again and as quietly as a could from the next room... lost it!!!!! All I remember is saying GET HOME, NOW, RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! I probably should mention that I didn't have my car- Greg had it because his car died and we haven't replaced it yet. I think Greg beat the land speed record... he made it home in 12 minutes from the golf course in Ostrander!!! Usually a 20 minute drive.

We took Mac to Children's Close to Home in Dublin, which is about 4 minutes from our house. They were wonderful!!! Mac was even more amazing! He was so calm, The only time he cried was when Greg first got home. Then he was a trooper! Here are a few pics I took with my phone right when they finished the stitches...