First ER visit

Jett with his swollen lip and busted chin

Friday started out as a good enough day but ended up being lousy with a lot of drama. We picked Kendall up from school and headed for Yoakum for Carey's volleyball game. The varsity played first for some reason so we watched them get beat in 4 games. They are a very talented team however, Yoakum was even more so. Then it was the JV's turn. I could tell during warm up this was not going to be good. Yoakum has a great JV team as well and lets just say it was not pretty. However, to our JV teams defense, we are made up of mostly Freshman, and I think most of the teams that we play are against older girls. At least that is what I am telling myself so that it doesn't seem so bad that they have had such a disappointing season. Anyway...after the game was over Jett is running on the gym floor just playing with Kendall and he trips and falls and screams. His mouth is bleeding really bad and I could see that his front teeth were not looking right. While we were cleaning him up a local lady, who was soooo helpful, went to the football field to get the dentist who watching his son play. He was so nice to come and look at Jett. He looked at his chin which had a pretty good gash in it and said he thought that it would need stitches. Then he looked in his mouth at his teeth. His front tooth was pushed up into his gum and was loose. Dr. Brayden moved it back were it belonged and told us that he may lose it. But said that Jett sucking his thumb was actually good because it would keep that tooth where it belonged. The Dr. and the lady (I know...I'm bad I didn't get her name) were so sweet and helpful. We were so lucky to have a dentist come and set his tooth. Then we were off to the ER in Yoakum. Thank goodness we were in a small town. They glued his chin shut, put a bandage on it and we were off in 45 min. Jett was so good at the ER. I'm not sure what he was thinking but he just had a blank look on his face the whole time. And Kendall was so sweet to her little brother. She is very protective over him. She was even crying at the gym after he fell.

Then we were off the Houston for a wedding on Saturday. About 10:15pm or so my phone rings and the caller ID was Carey. She went back to Stockdale with a friend because her dad was picking her up for the weekend. When I answered she was crying which threw me into a panic. She finally got out that her and her dad had been in a wreck in SA. They were apparently rear ended by a truck going pretty fast. The driver did not stop so I assume he was probably drunk. But there was a cop near the accident (not sure if he saw what happened or what) but he went to chase him down and eventually caught him. Carey was fine... just scared...THANK GOD!!!! When something like this happens it puts everything in perspective and makes me remember the important things and what really matters in life. We made it to Houston and had a good weekend visiting with Connie & Delwin and their family.