The Lip vs. The Head

THE LIP

At 4:30pm this afternoon, Cameron came into the house from playing basketball and showed us that his lip was no match for Chad's head!

THE HEAD

Chad's head came up under the chin and caused Cameron's teeth to cut a gaping hole in his lip. Karla was weak and unable to move (unusual - I am usually the one) and I got him some ice and then determined that I needed to take him to the emergency room. He was hurting pretty bad and the cut was pretty deep, at least more than what we could bandage at home. This is WEDNESDAY— you know —CHURCH! At 6:18pm, after waiting all I could, I asked if they could get this finished by 7pm as I was a pastor and we had church to get to. The doctor came in and said, "Yeah, I hear that excuse all the time! " I looked at him with a question on my face and he started laughing. He said, "Nah, I'm just kidding. We'll get him out of here soon." We left at 7pm with 2 measly stitches, but necessary ones. We were 20 minutes from home....so I made it right at 7:30pm after changing from jeans! Cameron is doing good. He finally ate some soup through a straw. They said he should be able to get them out in about 5 days.

On the bright side, at this Austin hospital I met two workers who live in Pflugerville and one of them knew exactly where our church used to meet - that little-bitty place! Goes to show you that you never know who is noticing you.

Church turned out good even though my brain was little out of sync and a huge storm blew in during my lesson. And so goes life...one day at a time.