Sunday, January 7, 2007... You could call
this page one of the harder lessons of the
"Daddy Diaries".
I'm creating this page after 4 hours at the E-R
at St. Mary's in Apple Valley/Victorville.
At around 2:15PM my 8-year old, Alex was
riding his bike down our street. He had just
zoomed past me and my 4 year old way too
fast. I said to him "Car!" as I noticed one of
our neighbors might be leaving his drive way,
but Alex didn't hear me.
Thankfully the car did not pull onto the street,
but unfortunately for my son, the ride went
wrong. Within a split second he began a
front wheel wobble and lost control of
his bike at top speed. On a kid his size at
88 pounds at around 10MPH+ it was an
instant "end over" crash. My poor buddy
didn't slide at all. It was an instant slam over
the handlebars into the pavement FACE
FIRST.
Thank God he was wearing a helmet.
I preach about helmets to my kids all the time.
My brother taught me when I was a kid that
"you can break an arm and fix it, but you can't
break a brain" -I live by that rule and have
taught it to my kids.
The helmet may have saved his life.
this page one of the harder lessons of the
"Daddy Diaries".
I'm creating this page after 4 hours at the E-R
at St. Mary's in Apple Valley/Victorville.
At around 2:15PM my 8-year old, Alex was
riding his bike down our street. He had just
zoomed past me and my 4 year old way too
fast. I said to him "Car!" as I noticed one of
our neighbors might be leaving his drive way,
but Alex didn't hear me.
Thankfully the car did not pull onto the street,
but unfortunately for my son, the ride went
wrong. Within a split second he began a
front wheel wobble and lost control of
his bike at top speed. On a kid his size at
88 pounds at around 10MPH+ it was an
instant "end over" crash. My poor buddy
didn't slide at all. It was an instant slam over
the handlebars into the pavement FACE
FIRST.
Thank God he was wearing a helmet.
I preach about helmets to my kids all the time.
My brother taught me when I was a kid that
"you can break an arm and fix it, but you can't
break a brain" -I live by that rule and have
taught it to my kids.
The helmet may have saved his life.
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| Why we wear Helmets |
| Every parents nightmare, your child in the hospital |
You can see the line of
the helmet on Alex's
hairline...
The helmet for it's
part, did not fare so
well... BUT it did it's
job!
the helmet on Alex's
hairline...
The helmet for it's
part, did not fare so
well... BUT it did it's
job!
The impact CRACKED and compressed the padding!
Alex's biggest complaint was his right hand
experienced finger numbness... Thankfully NO BONES
BROKEN.
experienced finger numbness... Thankfully NO BONES
BROKEN.
Alex displays the war
wounds. 4 hours in the
E-R and some wound
scrubbing and he's going
to be just fine... a tad bit
sore for a few days for
sure.
wounds. 4 hours in the
E-R and some wound
scrubbing and he's going
to be just fine... a tad bit
sore for a few days for
sure.
PARENTS: Next time your kid
says they don't need to wear a
helmet, show them this page or
tell them about our experience.
says they don't need to wear a
helmet, show them this page or
tell them about our experience.