Rotten day.

It was one of those days. After church we went over to Paul and Jane's for our meal (which was great). Afterwards we were helping Paul take the cover off of their pool. There were quite a few leaves and so I had a bucket and was scooping them off the top. Needless to say, I spilled quite a bit of the extremely dirty pool water all over my shirt and have smelled like a pond for the rest of the day. So Jane had to wash my shirt and I wore one of Paul's shirts.

Patrick was running around with Nellie and ran into the garage. Something happened and he came out crying and holding his head. There was blood. I ran over there and there was a big laceration over his left eyebrow. So after freaking out a bit, we grabbed a washcloth and put it on the cut and went into the emergency room. Miranda drove because she was weirded out way too much by the extra hole in his head and avoided making eye contact until it was sewed up. Paul and Jane stayed with Nellie at home. So we got him in there and they put in 7 stitches. He took it like a trooper. I'm guessing the doctor was joking but he said that Patrick did better than most of the college kids they get in there.

It was pretty interesting seeing them stitch him up and I watched the procedure. It reminded me of an old computer game called Life and Death that was made in 1988 (21 years ago... I'm getting old). This game was where you'd have to diagnose patients and perform surgery if they needed an appendectomy or other surgery. I never did figure out how to get the appendix out though! I knew what to do but couldn't figure out the interface. You'd have to cut through all the layers to get down to the appendix, use the forceps to stop the blood, cauterize the arteries, use some tool to pull back the layer and go to the next layer. I got to the appendix but couldn't seal the deal. You'd have to monitor their blood pressure and make sure they were doing fine and if they weren't then you'd have to give them special medicines or whatever they called them. Sometimes I'd forget the anesthetic and that ended the surgery quickly. They'd give out a scream and then you'd be kicked out of the operating room. Apparently it was pretty realistic and was great fun! They don't make games like that anymore. I ought to get the game out to see if I could do it now since I'm a bit more experienced than Iwas at the age of 13.

Anywho... Patrick is home and doing fine (unlike my patients on the game, may they rest in digital peace).

I'm off tomorrow morning at 4:30 and headed out to Monett, MO. I'm trying to get my adrenaline down to a manageable level so that I can get to bed. Tomorrow has got to be better!

Next weekend is Memorial Day so yup... On the road again. Diamond to see Teemu and to check out my future home, Dudman Springs to see Grandma Jeanne, Grandpa Doc, Stanley (Mom's brother), David (Mom's brother), Columbus to see Miranda's Grandpa McCormick, Parsons to see her Grandpa Young. Fellowship meeting is on Friday night and we are going to try to go to that. Cameron's birthday party is on Saturday also. Cameron is Angie's middle son. What a life.

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