This kid is a bruiser …
While playing last night, I ended up on the carpet in front of the fireplace and pretended I was sleeping. Pia came running through the whole house and took a big leap onto my chest. I didn’t spot her, because my eyes were closed. Of course, her knee had to hit my rib cage with full force. It hurt like crazy and I was running around with watery eyes for a few minutes.
Over the next few hours things got worse and when we had a shower before bed, I saw some dark discoloration on my chest where she had hit me. Needless to say that I did not sleep a lot last night: every time I turned I would wake up from pain. And as soon as I was asleep again, the slightest movement would send more pain through my body. I’m afraid of coughing and sneezing, because it always feels like my chest is going to break open.
Called the doctor this morning and went in for an examination after dropping Pia off at school. The xray (it’s not the one above) shows a small crack in a rib on the right side of my chest. There’s nothing you can do to make it heal faster and the doctor gave me some stronger pain-killers and told me to take it easy. Great, just great.
If you ever see this innocent looking girl on the streets, run as fast as you can away from her or at least wear some heavy body armor when you approach her …
She just wanted to play with you!
Oooof!
I’ve been millimeters away from being there. I feel for you!
If you need help lifting or doing some chores over the weekend, let me know. I have some time.
Hey, my baby is now sleeping regularly against the right side of my rib cage, so I wake up in the middle of the night feeling bruised from the inside. I’m also losing the use of my left hand because I’m getting carpal tunnel sydrome from the extra blood volume and water retention. And I still have 9 more weeks until he’s due.
Dear Tobias,
as is well known , the biggest surprises often arrive in small packages.
Peter & I are very sorry to hear of this recent parent / child moment.
May it be fleeting.
Would fresh bread on the weekend help any ?
Home delivery available.
As always,
Christina
Poor guy. Every 6-ish-months seem to be the trend (do two incidents count as a trend?). At least now you know to wear your armor in December.
This is a fantastic picture!