Audi's head injury. Original post Aug. 24, 2007.

We had a church function to attend tonight. Audi & Jaguar were down for a nap (Bentley was @ work w/ hubby). I took a shower, jamming to the radio, doing my hair/makeup, blah, blah, blah. Getting ready to go out.

I head upstairs to get Audi & Jaguar up & get them dressed to go. As I reach the stairs, I hear someone crying. I assumed it was Jags, that she must have climbed out of her crib & opened her door. Nope. It was Audi. Very unusual for Audi, as he never leaves his room. Heck, he never leaves his bed. As I'm hurrying up the stairs, this is our conversation:

"Audi, what's wrong?"

"I hurt my head."

"You hurt your head? AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" (enter loud panic scream here)

I grab Audi & run downstairs. He is covered in blood. Covered. I try to gather my thoughts & decide the rational thing to do. I phone 911. The lady stays on the phone with me & won't let me hang up until paramedics arrive. Finally, lots of guys come walking in. They take over & I then phone hubby. I don't think I have ever shook so bad in my life.

Somehow, someway, Audi split his head open on the bookcase attached to his bed (we now know he was jumping on his bed & when he landed, he hit the corner of the shelf). My poor little guy bled for probably 30 minutes. Or longer. I shiver to think about it. He didn't even come down & get me! Thank God he's ok. He never lost consciousness (that we know of) - I can't even think about what would or could have happened if he had. I didn't even know he was hurt. 4 1/2 hours & 3 shiney staples later, all is ok.

If you click on the photo, a clearer version should pop up. Yes that is blood smeared on his face. His hands were completely covered in blood - that was his main concern. The paramedic cleaned off his icky hands, laughing because Audi was so bothered by the blood on his hands & under his fingernails. At first they thought they needed to transport him to the hospital. Then they thought they needed to transport me to the hospital. Ha! Ultimately they decided we could take him, if I wasn't the driver. Sheesh.

This photo - well, hurts my heart. Major.



All those brown 'dots' are actually deep drips of blood. And then of course all the smeared blood. Audi was trying to clean his hands by rubbing them all over the carpet.



Steak-N-Shake after hospital.



After his bath. Three metal, tiny staples. I thought he need more like 5 staples, but hey, I'm no doctor. (They told me I could wash his hair, but tonight only. The bath water literally turned red from all the blood.)



My boy is one tough boy. I was so proud of him tonight. He laughed & hammed it up all night long. Everyone fell in love with him, naturally. I'm assuming he can get anything he wants from me for at least the next 7 days. ☺