The Nose

Last Saturday Isaac took a tumble while playing with a friend and broke his nose. Lots of tears and cuddles and ice packs later he declared himself well enough to go to a friend's birthday party and then go visit his grandparents. So off we went...and yes we got lots of "looks" from strangers and questions from friends. So here I am blogging what happened. Now you know.

It kind of looks normal -just bruised- but trust me- it is really swollen. Not crooked though! that was the best news! It does not appear to need to be reset. At first he was having a really hard time breathing through it- it was so swollen! Ibuprofen helped with that fortunately.

The bright day light at the tulip festival made the pretty colors of his bruise stand out like...well the nose on his face.
So he was rough-housing with his friend in our living room. On bare floor with socks on. Pushing and shoving, no grip under his feet, slipped and fell face flat. Poor little guys- both of them. The other kiddo was fine- but definitely worried about Isaac and I think he felt guilty. Matt and I were switching back and forth comforting each of them.

It has been a week- and we are down to colors like gray and dark yellow- which mean it is almost healed. The swelling is down and all is back to normal!