We had a pretty interesting weekend. Friday night, my baby brother Josh who is only a baby at a whopping 20-years of age, was reaching under the seat of his blazer when his pellet gun went off and he shot himself in the hand. The pellet was lodged in his finger so we took him into the ER but unfortunately it was so deep in the muscle, the doctor couldn't remove the pellet. We had to take him to a bone doctor (whatever that is) on Monday. It's swollen and icky looking (sorry to get so technical) but he'll survive. I drove him to the bone doctor yesterday and we waited for about 20 minutes before we were able to see him. He escorted us in the room, looked at his hand and said; yes...we need to remove it. Ummm...okay. thanks for that I thought. Josh has an appointment scheduled today to officially have the pellet removed. Times like this I really do miss my mom. I did run through a quick gun safety course with Josh hoping to avoid anymore bullet wounds. He is a hunter/fishing person so I was really surprised that he was so careless with a pellet gun. I am going to get some bulletproof gear to wear the next time I enter his apartment in case any firearms are hanging around without the safety. Alex is also going through his seasonal asthmatic routine. We were up most of the night on Sunday with that heavy cough. He is taking Advair for it which really does help but I always feel so bad for his little body when I watch it working so hard to breath regularly.
I guess this post really is a whine session for me but man do I feel better.
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What a weekend. Sure hope your bro and your Alex start feeling better.
Uh oh! That sounds like it HURTS!!!
I hope everyone starts feeling better soon!
Hi Amanda.
Oh man that sounds awful.
Those are some hard things to go through. I can see why you miss your mom. So glad you were able to be there with and for your brother.
Hope Alex gets to feeling better soon.
I guess when I read this I was thinking - how lucky your brother is to have such a nice sister - how lucky Alex is to have such a wonderful mom.
I hope the rest of the week goes better for ya!
oh my goodness! i guess the only good thing is that it happened to him and not someone else....like alex. now maybe he'll be more careful.
I totally agree Heidi. Beleive me...while I was giving him a good old-fashion butt chewing, I mentioned that. I also reminded him of how lucky he was that he didn't stick his head under the seat while he was searching for whatever it was that he was looking for.
Josh sure is lucky to have you for a sister! I can only imagine how you miss your mom....she must have taught you well, you seem like a wonderful mom to Alex!
Kinda sounds like my last Monday. It wasn't fun that is for sure. 911 call siezure ambulance and ER. THat is what we had go on. You would have to read my post to get the whole story. But sounds close to your weekend.
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