Another Eventful Week at the Williams House!!!

Does that picture scare you?!?! It should!!!! This is what happens if you live at the Williams house!!! Just kidding....its a long story and just another sad thing in a long line of sad things that have happened to our household lately!!!!

On New Years Day we were getting out of the car at Walmart and as I was unloading Jalyn, Jon Michael let out a blood curling scream....I thought he'd been hit by a car...so I dropped Jalyn and ran around to the other side...I saw Jon Michael ripping his thumb out of the closed car door!!!!!!!!! We went inside and I got ice from McDonalds. I wasn't to worried b/c kids slam their fingers in car doors all the time...well by the time Saturday rolled around his thumb was bigger than Jonathans but it was his birthday party and our family was in town and he said it wasn't bothering him that much. Sunday it wasn't any better so Monday I sent him to school and told him that I would pick him up later to go and see the doctor.

Well, the doctor was concerned it was so big and it was almost 5 days after the actual incident so he took x-rays.....the result....OUR FIRST BROKEN BONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its just a fracture, the tip of the bone is fractured probably from when he slammed it and then pulled it out w/o opening the door. Then the fun part!!!!!!!!!! The doctor proceeded to tell us that he would have to drain the blood that was pooled in his thumb...Jon Michael is paying very close attention but it wasn't sinking in yet...I said, "So you'll need to make an incision?" (Trying to use big words that J.M. wouldn't catch on to.) He said actually we'll go thru the finger nail....then he looks at J.M. (if I'd known I was gonna blog when he was born I might have thought of a shorter name to type!!! Not really.) He told J.M. there's a lot of blood in your finger that has to come out...he's ok at this point....if we don't get it out it can't get better and you could get sick....he's ok still....so we're put a needle....DIDN'T EVEN GET THE REST OF THE SENTENCE OUT!!!! Jon Michael is now in full out sobs.....so sad!!!! So Jonathan and I had to hold him down while they drained the blood...that makes it sound like it just flowed out on its own..some of it did but some didn't so that meant the doctor had to squeeze the thumb...if there was any new patients in the office I'm sure that J.M.'s screams sent them running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our boys have been poked so much with their allergy testing and blood work that needles terrify them! So we reverted to the bribery tactic!!! If he would calm down we'd go and buy him the game he's been wanting.....I seriously wouldn't let him walk out until he calmed down b/c the people in the waiting area were looking to see what was going on....he did let loose again in the car though....thats the picture above!!!

The game that got him to calm down long enough to walk through the waiting room.

Can you tell he's still in shock?!?!

This is the other event....our dryer has been taking longer and longer to dry...if you know us we're all about being hands on and not paying for something we don't need to so Jonathan is back behind the dryer taking it apart and I'm on the phone with my dad getting tips on things to check!!! We actually had planned on buying a new dryer soon but with the computer, stove, and garage door that all died on us the last few weeks that will just have to wait a little longer!

Man it's been busy since Ike hit!!!!! We just keep getting slammed!!!! I will say that there have been days that I've been extremely angry...as sad as it is that's my default mode when I'm stressed - Anger....BUT I haven't gotten down and depressed, Gods showing me how strong Jonathan and I are together and how weak we would be w/o Him.

So that's our update! Jon Michaels on antibiotic to keep infection away b/c he has a hole in his thumb nail and we've gotten the dryer to dry in 2 cycles instead of 3! Progress!!!