5 Hours in the ER and 30 stiches later...

Chad has a smile on his face as he is relaxing at home. Unfortunately, this came after a very scary accident suffered earlier in the day. Chad and I had planned to spend our Saturday cleaning up the house as we had not done a good deep clean in a while. We had an event free weekend so we figured there was no better time. Chad was helping out by cleaning in and around the shower when all of the sudden the glass door on our shower shattered and fell to the ground and on top of him. To spare the minute by minute details, Chad basically ended up on a floor full of glass with cuts on his head, arms, and legs and consequently a trip to the ER.

Once we got to the ER we were reassured that none of his cuts were too threatening so they took him in the back to clean him up a bit and we were then in for a long wait in the waiting room....to my joy Chad was in good enough spirits to convince the security in the lobby to change the TV to the Cubs game! That made our stay there go by somewhat faster and more smoothly, especially considering the the Cubs won the game 6-2.

As we sit here today enjoying our Sunday we feel thankful that the injuries suffered by Chad were fairly minor. He ended up with cuts all over his body, about 30 stitches with most of them in his head, and a few scattered throughout his arms and legs. I can honestly say that seeing Chad in that condition was by far the worst and most scared feeling that I have ever had in my life. It is so cliche to say, but we often take our day to day lives and our loved ones for granted, and an incident like this reiterates that we should treasure each and every day and the people that we love.

To give the story the happy ending that it eventually had, Chad is feeling well and we have spent today relaxing, watching some baseball, and fitting in the wonderful Sunday nap.