FrankenDad

Shawn got bit by a 70 pound dog last night. He had stopped by his cousin's house and went up to the fence when the dog leaped up and bit his face. He has three stitches in his lip and two in his nose. There is also a patch on his nose they couldn't stitch up because the dog took the skin completely off. He's feeling okay but the stitches were painful and the tetanus shot wasn't fun either. We do know the dog is up to date on his shots so Shawn won't need anything other than anti-biotics.

We are headed to a plastic surgeon this afternoon to see what needs to be done.

The kids think dad's stitches are just fascinating and are following him around the house gulping down every morsel of the attack's details that Shawn can spare. What color was the dog? How big were his teeth? Were you scared? What was the dog's name? Did you ride in an ambulance? Did they give you a shot? How big was the needle?

I think Shawn is going to need a valium just to deal with the kidlet's questions!

Last night I made some changes to both this site and the Fisherville Academy site. Take a look around. You can now subscribe to this Fisherville Academy blog via e-mail. Scroll down and sign up below! The wit and humor will resume once we finish putting the duct tape on Shawn's face to hold all the bits together. (That is what the best plastic surgeon's use, right? I wonder if the surgeon would throw in a tummy tuck for me? Like one of those buy one get one free deals. Every girl's gotta have a dream, 'ya know.)

Seriously, though, Shawn's doing pretty good and we'll know more after the surgeon's appointment this afternoon. In the mean time he's on the couch watching Lost in Space through a pain killer haze which, I believe, is exactly the way the director meant for it to be watched.