Tuesday, November 9, 2010

WARNING!!!..Not for the faint of heart!!!!!

Ok...this post has not been easy for me to do cause I can hardly look at the pictures so you have had fair warning. Saturday Clint decided to cut down a limb from one of Grandmas tree to get her some firewood and some smaller branches for a bonfire for the kids. Well....the huge branch he was cutting came towards him when he thought it would go the other way. He threw the chainsaw and tried to get out of the way but the tree hit him on the way down. He was on a 10 foot ladder by the way so not too easy to get out of the way. It hit him straight in the face and then that far of a fall was not too easy on him either. Luckily Laena, our niece, Thersas daughter, who is also an ER nurse, had just gotten there 10 min earlier. Amber Heather and I were at a baptism. We got a call from Laena saying she was on her way to the ER with Clint. We were on our way home so we just followed them there. Laena was great to have around and she stayed and helped us all the way through. Clint was very grateful to her and was thankful she was a nurse. She is a very good nurse and we are proud of her. Ok...so her goes the pictures....

Clint got 30 stichtes all together...25 on the outside and 5 on the inside. It took an hour to stitch up but the doctor did a great job...he will still have a scar but hopefully not too bad..he is not excited to have a scar...the kids think its cool...



4 comments:

Mary T. said...

OUCH!!!!! Pretty much sums it up!! Looks painful...just glad it was NOT worse!!!

Liz said...

Yikes! Adam and I are both cringing at the pictures. I hope it heals well and fast for him. I'm glad Laena was so close to be able to help.

dianeb said...

ouch
hope he is feeling better!

Veralyn said...

I guess that tree was trying to protest about being cut :S

Hope it heals quickly!! Yeah for Laena! It's good to have a nurse in the family!