Trevor's Shiner

Last night, after dinner, I shuffled all the big boys out the door heading to baseball practice. Everyone was pumped for some time to play ball. I was taking the twins to Nana's house and then going to go stamp peacefully at a friends house. Little did I know what was about to happen. As I was pulling out of Nana's driveway my husband pulls up with the boys. I rolled down my window to ask what was going on only to see my baby in the backseat crying. Then it hit me! "Oh my goodness, Trevor, what happened to your eye?" I shouted as I hopped out of the van. Maybe I overreacted a little, because he started to cry harder. Isn't that what mommies do? Overreact sometimes. I couldn't help myself, my baby looked like someone beat him with a bat. Actually it had been a ball!! I took a deep breath because I realized I probably wasn't helping the situation, and I calmly asked what happened. As Trevor told me what happened, I wiped away a tear from his good eye and gave him a kiss. I told him I loved him and everything was going to be ok. Then I got down out of the truck and they pulled off. I worried about him all night. I even called Rodney to make sure he had put ice on it. DUH!! Rodney grew up getting hit by baseballs. When I had gotten home from stamping, all the children were already fast asleep, but I had to go check on my little guy. His eye was so swollen!!! Rodney had taken a picture before bed so I could see the before shot, before it turns his whole right side of his face blue. He warned me that tomorrow it would look really bad. Boy was he right...

Trevor the night of his accident

Trevor the evening after his accident

We went to see the pediatrician this afternoon to see if we needed to do anything xrays. After he checked Trevor's neurological status, which was a.o.k., he referred us to the pediatric eye doc to see if there was any internal eye damage. I think Trevor really enjoyed going to see the eye doctor. He thought all of the gadgets he used were "cool inventions." As it turns out Trevor is two times more farsighted in his right eye than his left. Farsightedness must run in the family since I am and Corbin has an appointment next week to see if his has corrected. Anyhow, because Trevor can see so well out of the left eye, the doc thinks Trevor's vision can be corrected by using a patch. We will have to see I guess. He has a followup appointment in two weeks. I will post about that later. By the way, the green and red hair was for church. It was crazy hair night at AWANAS.