Big Scare

Carter joined a local youth group for a weekend of fun yesterday. He was so excited about it. At 11pm we got a phone call from one of the adults on the trip saying Carter had been hurt. He fell while ice skating and hit his head. He was unconscious for 1-2 minutes. We jumped in the car to meet them at a hospital near where the kids were(30minutes from our house). Carter proceeded to vomit 3 times. At the hospital, a CTscan showed a tiny "spot" that was consistent with bleeding. So, he got a 23 mile ride in an ambulance! Mike rode with him(it was only fair since I rode with Dillon during his ambulance ride a mere 9 weeks ago, Ugh!) to the childrens hospital near our home. They admitted Carter to a room at 5:30am for observation. Fortunately, by about 2:30 am Carter was acting like himself. This afternoon a neurosurgeon came by to consult. The CT scan showed several of the tiny bleeding areas. So, we will stay the rest of today, see the doctor in the morning, and expect to go home tomorrow. We are shook up about all this but realize how it could be so much more serious. We are so grateful for God sparing our son and his brain. And, for what it is worth, we won't be ice skating any time soon :) A big thank you to the wonderful people in the youth group who helped last night--no names, too many looney people out there!