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Kali

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29. the day my sons got into a scuffle

Reply to frogmarch (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 09:26 AM

Dec 9

and the oldest clunked the younger in the head with a mug. I was wrong thinking it was superficial because he subsequently had a couple of seizures. after getting him to the local ER he took his second medical helicopter ride to Tucson. (first was at 18 months for rattlesnake bite, yes this was scarier)
he had surgery to remove some bone chips and a little titanium patch job. been pretty much fine ever since. my misjudgment of his injury still bothers me.

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the day my sons got into a scuffle Kali Dec 9 #29