Niklas Shinner

Niklas unfortunately decided that having bruises on his arms and legs wasn't enough. He was playing with his Geo-tracks last Thursday and was moving a section of track when he slipped on something and fell head first into the coffee table. He didn't have enough time to drop the track and catch his fall and his eyebrow met the table. When we first got a chance to look at the damage (about 30 sec. - 1 min later) the swelling was so huge that you could not see any part of the eye. I got an ice pack on him then we headed to the Bedtime Pediatrics. The doctor said there was no damage to the bone structure (head, nose, etc.), nor any blood vessel ruptures (fluid in the swelling was clear). He was quite the lucky guy to only come out of this with what will end up being a nice shinner. The doctor mentioned that the swelling would go down in a couple of days, but then the area around the eye would develop all sorts of colors. He was right, it was a rainbow of colors. The pictures start after we got home from the pediatrics. Taking a picture of the initial swelling didn't even cross our minds till we got home. The coloring (as of this post) is actually returning to normal. Yeah!