So yesterday was a boring Sunday 'til Brenna decided to bake a cake! I wasn't paying attention and neither was Todd but luckily we were nearby. She was mixing with the hand mixer when I heard her start to wimper(I thought Garret was bugging her or sticking his hand in the mix). Anyway, I turn around and the mixer is on her head with her hair and scalp on the blades. Todd and I quickly turned off the mixer(she was a little panicked to figure that out). After taking a quick assessment and seeing far too much scalp pulled up by the beaters we decided to take her to the er in case there were some stitches needed. Imagine this, we walk into the ER with a 9yr old girl and a mixer attached to her head. After detaching the beaters from the mixer Todd and the nurse managed to unwrap her hair from the beaters. Most of which had been ripped right our of her scalp. Everything was in tact. I guess our scalps are stretchier than one might think. She lost quite a bit of hair and has a pretty nice bald spot but has hair that can cover it.
After dosing her with ibprophen, benedryl, and oh look here's some tylenol with codeine from 2007, she slept fine last night. Little bit of a headache today and her dad told her she didn't have to go to school. She's gonna go half day. I was pretty scared but I'm glad I can laugh about it now. I will not post pictures as she is a little self concious about it. Just imagine a bald bald spot about 1.5 inches from the start of her hair. And then imagine her walking into the ER with a mixer on her head. AHAHAHAHA!
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3 weeks ago
3 comments:
Oh my heck! If that isn't the funniest thing ever, I don't know what is!! LOL!!
My cousin's little girl did that a few years ago and she had a three inch bald spot. So sad.
When she forgets about it, please post pictures.
I've got the funniest picture in my head of her with the beaters in her head, or better yet, Todd walking into the ER with her. hahah
Hope she's feeling better. It makes for a great story when she's older.
Jen. Oh, Jen.
POOR BRENNA!!! I never thought a beater could be so dangerous - i'll never let my kids use one again!!! thanks for your really neat comment on my blog Jen. it reminded me again just how much i love you (and for some reason it also reminded me of how much i loved listening to you teach sharing time in primary - your comments always really touched me).
LOVE YOU!
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