Saturday, January 30, 2010

skiing at spirit

We love to ski! Gabe and Ava have been skiing for several years now with no real injuries, until today. I didn't know what to think when I saw skis and polls scattered all over the hill Ava standing wide eyed, Charlotte (8) with her back to me, Gabe curled up in a ball on the ground. When Charlotte turned around and I saw the gigantic goose egg on her head, I knew something bad happened. Gabe and Charlotte collided. Heads hitting heads or heads hitting helmets, who knows. Ava says it was loud, and I can tell you it had to have been ugly. I went to Gabe, crying like crazy. He lifted his head and looked at me, and I was in shock when I saw the huge bruise growing above his eye. He couldn't even open his eye! Apparently head injuries like this can look worse than they are. Joe finally told me to step away when I wouldn't quit freaking out about him needing to go to the hospital. In the end, he's fine. I'm his mom, so I'm sure I'm making more out of this than it is, but I think it looks horrible. Here he is about 5 hours after it happened. What do you think?

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