Every parent dreads this day, but it inevitably happens sooner or later. The dreaded trip to the ER. It only took you just under 8 months for this big event. This was our first of what will probably be many trips to the ER with you. A tumble off the bed and head-first on to the hardwood floor, makes for a very unhappy baby and a long night at the ER.
Not that you hadn't taken some ugly looking falls before, but this time it was really ugly. Ugly enough for your dad to to make me come home in the middle of a movie night out with the girls. By the time I got home, your swollen forehead bared a similar resemblance to this guy...
With all that swelling, you could have easily passed for the Elephant Man's illegitimate child. A few tests and one CAT scan later, you were in the clear to go home.
Your dad feels he let you down. Not only for letting this happen and not being able to break your fall, but for the fact that he's convinced you had to have just lost a few IQ points and the thought of any academic college scholarship has now just gone out the window. I think that as long as you stay away from drugs, alcohol, and sex (for that matter) during high school, any IQ points lost now will even out then and we're back on track!
(Not so bad looking a day later)
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