Marc's Musings #3

Crash Test Dummy

Nathan will always have a job waiting for him at Ford, GMC, or Toyota.  He can be the first live crash test dummy!  I am very surprised that he has not broken a bone thus far.  On one day he fell hard four times; twice he was running and did full body slams on concrete...both elbows were bleeding after one fall...after both falls he got up and walked away without a tear but did limp a bit.  At the pool he fell twice.  Once, after I explained to him not to run, he ran, tried to make an abrupt stop, slipped and fell on his butt, head hitting the floor.  The second pool incident happend in the locker room.  He tried to run out in the lobby naked but there was a jog in the wall leading to the lobby.  The floor was wet and he could not navigate the turn. SLAM!  He hit the floor and slammed against the wall.  We were at the play ground having a great time when he decided to attempt a leap over a metal fence.  As he was midair, and before I could tell him not to jump, he caught the top of the fence with his feet and did a frontal slam on the concrete.  I was sure the kid would either, not get up or surely have broken bones.  He laid on the grould for about 20 seconds as I and a group of 10 Chinese grandmothers all gathered around.  He rolled over, I held him in. my arms and asked where it hurt.  He pointed to one thigh and one knee.  He eventually wanted to get up amd move.  He was obviously hurt but limped away to find another activity.  That night at bath time we noticed another whole suite of leg bruises and noticed that he had de-scabbed his elbows.  I am glad we knocked down the tree fort in the woods and glad we have health insurance.

We will be home in a day and a half and I can't wait.