Last nite, I went to a friends house in the town where I grew up....I haven't seen him in 13 or so years and we were at odds when I last saw him...anyway, his dad died a couple of days ago, so I went by, we talked and caught up....everything was great....


on the way home, I stopped to see my dad at his office and he said I needed to call my wife, it was an emergency...she had been trying to get in contact with me for a couple of hours and, for whatever reason, my stupid cell phone never rang and the voicemails she left just came thru this morning...anyway, she was at the emergency room with our daughter...


Chloe was accidently hit in the face with a baseball bat...when I finally got there and walked into the room, I immediately burst into tears seeing my lil' girl like that...but she was fine, talking up a storm, joking with the nurses and wanting to get outta there....


she looked really bad though, her nose and eye were extremely swollen and discolored...they ran every scan necessary and she was fine...she does have a broken nose but its not deviated so thats another positve thing...I think her mother and I are in a lot worse shape over the whole thing...but again, shes fine, she's just gotta take it easy for a week or so and not bump her nose...

I keep thinking how bad this could have been but I'm so thankful that it wasn't...the doctors said that she's very lucky her eye socket wasn't crushed or that it wasn't a hit to the side of her head which could have been pretty devastatiing...I know it sounds corny y'all, but if you got kids, hug 'em....
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for the little one


it's hard to see your children in pain. I'm glad she's not hurt bad buddy.

Wow, that is really sad. May she get well soon. At least she won´t stay scarred or have any disabilities in the future, so that´s probably the only positive thing about this.Children heal much faster and better than grown folks.
May she get well and recover completely from this. Must be heartbreaking for a father to see your child like that.

omg Jason that would frighten the living daylights out of you!!!!! you poor guys.

for you and your family



for my family



I am sending your daughter a distance Reiki healing ~

I would have been freaked out too. I'm glad it's mostly cosmetic damage and not something more serious.

Yes, these moments make you realize how easily things could have been a lot worse.

I am so glad that she was not seriously injured. I hope she gets better soon.

Spoil her ass for a week dude!.

Glad she is gonna be ok mate and to you and yours

for your little one...

glad she will be ok

Oh my God. I'm glad that she's alright.

Glad she is ok Jas

dammit....sorry man... so glad everything is okay....she's a pretty lil thing and will be just fine.... my worst days have been spent patching my kids up in the ER too...

Here's to a speedy recovery for you little girl....

I can only imagine.



She sounds like she's a tough one though.

thanks everybody, for the kind words...I just went home for luch and she's doing what she always does and is as happy and jolly as she can be...her eye is swollen shut and she said it would be ok if I called her cyclops...

Wow Jason..what a day! I am sure glad your sweet little girl is going to be okay.

I felt the hit of the baseball bat when I read it.

:hug For you and Miss Chloe.

roodboi said:

I'm sorry but that was cute, funny and adoreable. My kinda kid!!!

I'm glad she wasn't permanently injured.

Poor little girl.

Big Owie!

oh daddy!

she sounds like a trooper!

I had nightmares for months after my daughter's accident. She was fine, it was me who was the wreak. Hang in there, she's going to be just fine.

she told me to post a pic for y'all to check out...as you can see, she shares her fathers general attitude...

roodboi said:

She's too cute!!!

roodboi said:

Awww...

What a cutie pie!!! And she sounds like shes a fun kid too

thekidsgirl said:

yeah, she's a riot

she's living the dream today...people have brought her balloons, flowers, candy and stuffed animals all day long...she just asked if she'd get more stuff if she got hurt again...
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roodboi said:

oh my god



lucky about her cheekbones!!!

roodboi said:

hey cyclops ... you don't seem to suffer much but I do think you're quite lucky and at least you don't need make-up for the coming days ...
whoever did this to you ... kick him in the groin
And last but not least ... tell your dad to buy a new couch ... it's awful

Jason, you're the dad I wanna be so badly ... that sounds worse than it is. I know I'm a pretty good one, but somehow there's always better or at least ones I can learn from. Still, my couch isn't half as awful as yours

One4All4Ever said: