Occupational Hazard

Yesterday I put up pics of Tyler's "So Long, Elementary School!" ceremony. (NOTE: I will NEVER refer to it as a graduation... saving that for 12th grade!)

Anyway, during his ceremony, his teacher read his goals for the rest of his life. They were:

1. Get good grades in middle school and high school
   
   
2. Be a professional roller blader

Yeah, that's right! Our Tyler is aiming HIGH!!!

Of course, you don't reach the pinnacle of the roller blading world without a few skinned knees here and there, so Tyler's paying his dues early.



For the sake of continuity-of-thought I won't mention that these particular wounds were acquired on the slide of a big Bounce House, not at the skate park. Just sayin'... but they were exacerbated by activities related to his career goals, so on we go!

After removing a bit more skin from his already skinned knees, it was time for some first aid.

Fortunately for Tyler, we have a fully trained, certified and currently employed Lifeguard in our family - and she was eager to help!!



Would you trust first aid from that face? Just askin'... For Tyler, it wasn't like he had much of a choice. He needed aid, and she was gonna give it to him! She pulled out her sterile gloves and assembled the tools of her trade...



See that bottle at the bottom-right corner? Yeah. Rubbing Alcohol. Can you say "EPIC SCREAMZ"??? Tyler almost did...

Luckily, Cindy overheard what was about to happen and saved Ty from a pain worse than death. She also told Ellysa about a wondrous product generically known as Bactine - and after a thorough investigation of the label, it was deemed fit for cleaning the wounds at hand...er..knee.



With the knee-meat all cleaned out, Ellysa carefully applied a couple big-honkin' bandaids..



And Tyler lived to blade another day!