I had been planning a back to school Fireman Party for Ransom for over a month. When we got home from camping I started to tidy up the house and get dinner ready. I had Lindsey buy me a slicer from Williams Sonoma (she gets a 40% discount) to cut all the vegetables with. Ransom wanted to help so I had him start on the vegetables. Before I knew it there was blood in the sink and he was swearing. He had cut off part of his finger and nail. I thought we should go to the ER, but he thought he could stop the bleeding. We wrapped it up and applied pressure, but it just wouldn't stop bleeding. After about an hour he finally thought that going to the ER was a good idea. I frantically called my family to see if they could come finish dinner while I took Rans and Conrad.
After a couple hours in the ER we learned that he couldn't get stitches, but would have to wrap it up with some thrombin and that should stop the bleeding. They taught me how to change the bandage and sent us home with a bag of supplies. We came home and my family had finished dinner for me. It's not often you invite people over for dinner and they end up cooking it, but I'm thankful they were willing to help. Dinner was delicious. We had fajitas and homemade strawberry lemonade.
Ransom still wanted to play the games my mom had planned so he covered his hand so it wouldn't get wet. We played:
1. Water Balloon Toss
2. Build a fire in a metal bucket and climb on the roof an throw water balloons to put it out
3. Hip waders, carry a hose, and save an animal relay race
4. Fire Hose Unscramble (Rans had to sit this one out because his thumb started to bleed really bad after he tried pushing Josh out of the way during the relay race)
We all had a lot of fun playing games and then went inside for Ashlee's chocolate cake she made while we watched how fire trucks & engines are made. It turned out to be a fun night and now Rans has a fire truck lunch box and some other new fire truck toys to play with. Hopefully he can learn how to be safe himself before he becomes a fireman! Thank you family for all your help and support. -Katie
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I think Ransom will be a fantastic fireman that will be much loved by the guys he works with and the people he saves one day. I couldn't be prouder of our boy :)
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