Ho and Ho

Over the weekend we went to a ho-ckey game. We also went to the ho-spital. Let me tell you about the hockey game first. That was more fun.

Through Karissa's school we got a great deal to watch USA Hockey's national team development program play U of M. There were many upsides to this. One, it was only ten minutes from our house. two, we got a super good deal on our tickets that included hot dog/pizza and a drink for each of us. Three, our seats were amazing, four, we got to see Santa Claus there, five, it was Teddy Bear toss night (when USA first scored, everyone threw Teddy Bears onto to ice to be donated to a hospital) and six, Michigan won! We have taken our kids to see BYU play football and basketball and they lost both of those games. We took them to see the Tigers play and they lost that game. It was fun to go to a game were the team we were rooting for actually won. The kids loved seeing all the action involved in ice hockey as well.

A big walking teddy bear.

There was a lot of slamming right into the plastic window in front of us!

Teddy Bears flying everywhere and being quickly collected!

The next day, after church, while we were practicing with the ward choir, Karissa came in to tell me Erik cut his finger in the nursery, really badly. I went out to see and found two men helping him. One gave Erik a blessing, which was probably why everything turned out better than it should have. We left right away to take him to the ER where the doctor ordered an x-ray because of the type of wound it was. At that point, we still didn't really know what had happened. The doctor said it looked like a "crushed" wound, the way his finger was split open on two sides and he wanted to make sure nothing was broken.

Nothing was broken, but there was tissue coming out, which we referred to as "guts" since the doctor compared it to a squished grape. When you step on a grape all the "guts" squish out. The same thing happened with Erik's finger. All the insides squished out and it was pretty gross. We didn't even know what it as at first. He ended up getting 4 stitches in one wound and 2 in the other. It was nice having Jason there with us this time, since we had that crazy long time when Erik got his lip stitched and would not let the doctors work, so they had to keep coming back to try again and we ended up tying his arms back. This time, Jason and I worked together to help relax him so the doctor could numb him. The nurse was great too. I think the blessing helped with all of that.

We found out later what had happened. Erik was under the table and pushing it up with his legs. When it fell, it must have only fallen on that one finger and burst it open. The whole thing made me a little sick this time. It didn't help that the guy who came in next to us was moaning and groaning and I could overhear the entire conversation with the doctor. I don't think I'm meant to be in a hospital. Darn these boys of mine keep taking me back there!

We're glad he's okay and still has his finger!

He got to be in pretty good spirits right before the doctor started to work on him. 

The work

All stitched up!

His sweet siblings left him gifts.

Watching the new Nebraska coach speak after returning from the hospital. Erik has suddenly decided that he really likes Nebraska