Today I was supposed to go help set up the mad hatter's tea party girl scout event at our church. Well the day took a slight turn at about 8:45am. The boys were upstairs supposedly getting ready to go with me to help. I heard the typical brotherly noises followed by a loud angry scream. At first I thought Cameron had just aggravated Corbin to the anger point so I ignored it. Then the screaming was accompanied by crying. And it continued. So up the stairs I go. Cameron is standing in the middle of the room looking dumbfounded and Corbin is laying face down in the floor holding the back of his neck and otherwise not moving. I asked Corbin to stand up, he attempted to move, screamed and began to cry harder. My next words were to Cameron: "Oh great! You broke your brother's neck." Probably not a fine parenting moment but not unusual for me. So the explanation began and amazingly both boys gave the same version. Corbin was laying on his back on the floor and when he lifted his feet in the air Cameron grabbed his feet and wound up flipping Corbin over, heels over head. Unfortunately Corbin's head didn't roll to the side so all the weight was on his neck when his chin hit his chest.
A few hours and a few x-rays later we were assured there was no damage to the spine or spinal cord. Of course he was going to hurt for a few days. So we stopped by the store to get a heating pad, pain medicine and a reward for not screaming during the x-rays even though they were painful. He chose a Halo building blocks set ( surprise surprise) and was happy to be pampered.
Thankfully the Tea Party turned out fabulous and Missy was able to rescue me (again) by unlocking the building.
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