Leaves, Docks and the ER

What do these three things have in common? Well, our weekend included all three. We went to the cabin on Friday and Saturday to close it up for the winter (sad, but true). Saturday was a gorgeous fall day and the raking was very pleasant. Many years we rake in the rain and it is miserable, but this year was not one of them. It was beautiful. Anyway, the leaves got raked and the dock was brought in by mid-afternoon, which left the rest of the day for playing.

I ran off to the grocery store to pick up some stuff for dinner and when I returned I found everyone in the kitchen staring at Molly, who by the way was covered in blood. Hmm, not exactly what a mom likes to see. It seems that while the kids were playing, Molly fell and hit her face on the metal dock frame and sliced open her forehead right between her eye brows. My brother-in-law Peter was there and he is an EMT. He provided first-aid and made sure she didn't suffer a concussion, but he did think it would need stitches, so off to the ER we went. The doctor and nurse at the ER used the word gaping a few times (not really a good sign). So, they stitched Molly up nicely and sent us on our way. (as a side note, we were in and out of the ER in 60 minutes - ah the advantage of not having this happen in the Cities where we would have spent about three hours in the ER).

On Sunday, sweet Molly wasn't in too much pain anymore, but she has a really nasty black eye. She doesn't want me to post pictures, but I will tell you that her new nickname is Rocky. To top it off, we will be in TX when the stitches need to be removed so we are thinking of having Chris do it :)