A Shiner and Pneumonia

Poor Dawson! He has managed to acquire a black eye and a case of pneumonia in the period of just two days.

Tuesday night Justis was "helping" (i.e. pushing, dragging, pulling) Dawson into bed, when Dawson fell and hit the upper edge of his cheek on the edge of his bed frame. Crying, he came to me and his cheek was already blue. He woke up Wednesday with a puffy nose and swollen eye. Today the black and blue is starting to show more.

Somehow incriminating-looking accidents always seem to happen before we see the Dr. I had an appointment scheduled with Dawson's doctor before the black-eye incident happened and I thought, "Great. Now the doctor is going to think I beat my kids." Hopefully people realize by just watching me interact with my kids that I would never beat them...but just to be sure, the doctor asked, "Man, Dawson, what happened to your eye?" Dawson matter-of-factly responded (pointing his finger at Dawson), "Justis pulled me and made me hit the bed!" Justis folded his arms and lowered his head, "Ugh! How many times do I have to say sorry, Dawson?!"

Mr. Dawson is just as cheery as ever, despite a terrible cough and painful-looking eye. He's taking an antibiotic for the pneumonia and the eye will eventually heal. He couldn't wait for me to take a picture of his battle scars to show you all! Nothing like a positive outlook on life, huh?