My Poor Arm!

Our poor sweet baby suffered a traumatic injury this past week. I am pretty sure it was more traumatic for Mommy and Daddy than it was for him, but I know he was hurting. Let's just say I probably cried as much as he did, if not more. Last Sunday night Maddox was playing in the backyard with our neighbors, having a great time. Blake had been cooking on the grill, but was all finished and we were ready to eat. Maddox ran out into the yard to say goodbye to his little friends and as he was running back inside, he took his turn around the patio table a little too wide and ran smack into the grill. He knows to stay away from the grill and always points at it and says "hot" so I don't know if he just didn't see it because it was getting dark or what. Luckily, only his arm hit, but he did hit so hard that it knocked him backwards on the ground. Needless to say the grill was still extremely hot and therefore, his arm was burned pretty badly. We stuck it in a bowl of cool water for a while and wrapped it up in a soft cloth (per Google's instructions). We called the doctor and they told us to go ahead and bring him to Children's to get it checked out, so we headed downtown. Nothing like the ER on a Sunday night! After a long wait, the doctors checked him out and said that it was a second degree burn, but that it was very superficial and should heal just fine...what a relief to hear that! They cleaned it and wrapped it up for us and sent us home with some supplies to use to change out the bandage. Maddox was so brave and was such a big boy! I stayed home from work with him the next day because it was such a late night for us and because I thought he might not feel well...boy was I wrong though! He ran around like a maniac most of the day and never really slowed down all that much. I am pretty sure he is going to be just fine!