Orion's First Trip to the ER

I honestly thought that this day would come alot sooner than it did. Orion has always been a jumper and a climber, so I thought he'd have broken bones or stitches as an infant, but he didn't. On Thursday I was packing the car for our Las Vegas trip and Orion, of course, has to help. Then Victor came home from work. Orion waited for him to park and then rushed to greet him.

Victor was getting something out of the back seat and Orion was playing by the drivers side. Victor closed the door and told Orion to followed him inside. Orion kind of whined and said, "Daddy?!". He is such a tough little kid....anyway, Victor looked back and realized he had closed his fingers in the car door. The big, steel, old Crown Victoria door. He opened the door and freed Orion's fingers and THEN Orion started crying.

We switched kids (I was holding Cyrus) so I could evaluate the damage. They were still attached (that was seriously my first instinct, to check if he still had fingers), but bleeding and pretty swollen. I told Orion I had to take him to the Dr. This made him cry the hardest because he wanted to leave to go to M&M World :)

Luckily we beat the ER rush and were only at the hospital for about 2 hours total (seems like a long time, but not for an ER visit). They made sure he didn't need stitches, checked if he was up to date on his shots and x-rayed his hand, then sent us home with Neosporin and band aids.

He was a big hit with the Dr's and Nurses, and was excited to see all the fun equipment (he is so fascinated by that kind of stuff, maybe he'll be a doctor).

Oh, and luckily he was accepted for CHIP so we didn't have to pay absurd amounts for the visit :)