On Sunday, it was gorgeous outside: bright sun, temps in the upper sixties. B decided he'd take a bike ride. He was gone for a couple hours.
When he returned he opened the garage door and put away his bike and bike helmet, and walked directly into the bathroom, all without saying a word. B's a man of few words so I didn't think anything of it. When he came out of the bathroom, he went and sat at his desk.
A few minutes later, I heard him say, as quietly and calmly as you please, "Dearie, I think I need medical attention."
Oh shit. I have a reputation for overreacting, so immediately I'm thinking heart attack, getting ready to call 911.
I went in and saw he had really done his knee up good -- what do they call it? Road rash? His knee was a nice bloody mess. No serious internal damage, thank heaven, but he left a few bits of himself on the pavement somewhere.
So I looked at it, and said, "Hmmm. Looks like you skinned your knee."
It really is a bad scrape. He did end up going to the Urgent Care clinic to get it cleaned up and get a tetanus shot. I felt bad that he fell, and I babied him along on Sunday. But, really, it's just a scrape, and it's kind of time for him to suck it up and move on.
I watched him change the bandage on it tonight, and I was a little concerned that he would actually pass out. I figured it was because it was so painful. But he said it didn't hurt that much, but that it "just looked sooooo gross! Don't you think it looks gross?" I rolled my eyes, and told him he just flunked Female 101.
I've been puked on, pooped on, peed on, had four surgeries and I've given birth multiple times. Oh, and for years I had cramps that would have brought him to his knees. So a skinned knee is gross? I looked at it and said, "Yes dear, it is indeed gross. I'm sorry you have a boo boo."
I don't think he believed that I felt sorry for his pain. I was too busy laughing. But you know what? Thank God he had a helmet on.
MissMimi posted on Apr 25, 2007
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queenparanoia said on Apr 25, 2007....
yeah i agree. thank god he had a helmet on!
wouldn't it be funny if for just one day a man will actually feel the feeling when having menstrual cramps???
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secretlife said on Apr 25, 2007....
Those helmets really do save serious injuries. Thank God B was wearing his is right!Female is definitely the stronger sex. -
silverwhisper said on Apr 25, 2007....
"it looks gross"? how often did did the man change the kids' diapers when they were babies?!
ed -
lioneljay said on Apr 25, 2007....
Sorry, B, no sympathy here. Talk to me when you come home from a bike ride via the ambulance and the emergency room to fix a pair of broken shoulder bones. -
AlisonMarie19 said on Apr 25, 2007....
Your blog description reminded me of the Dr. Suess book about the Bears riding Bikes. I think it was called The B Book. I could be wrong. But I chuckled.=(^-^)= ali m. -
polarheart said on Apr 25, 2007....
Ah, Mimi, men and injuries or illnesses. . .I wont say anything except I know what you're talking about!!!{{{{hugs}}}} Polar -
beyondtheveil said on Apr 25, 2007....
mimi- We are great big bad-assed creatures, but sometimes we need a little pampering. Its our vulnerable time. Also, we couldn't take childbirth and we know it. -
dailyachesandpains said on Apr 25, 2007....
Awe...poor thing. I do not feel badly at all though, lol! he really did flunk female 101. Does he want one of the cramp sessions I'm having right now? Naahhh...Ali...It's the "B" Book. "Big brown bear, blue bull, beautiful baboon, blowing bubbles, biking backwards, bump black bug banana boxes. BAM!"Little D has that book memorized!Daily -
skald said on Apr 25, 2007....
Yes, it was a good thing he had the helment on. ))))) -
MissMimi said on Apr 25, 2007....
B has a thing about blood. I had kidney surgery a while back, and he had to change the bandage over the incision after I came home from the hospital. When the nurse showed him how to do it, he actually had to sit down and put his head between his knees so he wouldn't faint.
Oh, and Ed, he wasn't much of a hands-on dad. Rarely did he change diapers, and never ones that were, uh, icky. -
silverwhisper said on Apr 25, 2007....
somehow, that doesn't really surprise me. :<
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mom said on Apr 25, 2007....
I think you better buy him some other gear. Knee pads, shoulder pads, elbow pads, a catchers mask, and a athletic cup. -
CreativeWoman said on Apr 25, 2007....
Mimi,
What mom said...and a big box of bandaids. :-)
CW
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mom said on Apr 25, 2007....
Thanks CW -
Eilan said on Apr 25, 2007....
Ouch! At least it's nothing too serious.
Once, when my dad was sick with a fairly mild cold, I heard him say, "No one has ever been as sick as I am right now." I just laughed at him.
My husband's probably a bit better than I am at dealing with the kids' boo-boos, but he encountered much worse than scraped knees when he was working.
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MissMimi said on Apr 25, 2007....
Boy oh boy, I have no doubt he did, Eilan. He's probably seen far worse than most of us ever will.
The Urgent Care place called today to follow up and see how he was doing. I should have said what a big baby he is, but I was nice and said he was doing just dandy. -
mom said on Apr 25, 2007....
Mimi- LOLOLOL you are just as bad as me. -
MissMimi said on Apr 25, 2007....
Well, momma mia, I will take that as a compliment. :D -
D6fer said on Apr 26, 2007....
hey....I'm posting this on everybody's last post a_challenge
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