Jacob is Grounded

From anything with a blade.

On Saturday we went to Jacob's moms house to help clean up the yard. She had some intense tree damage from the ice storm at the end of January. So off we went, chainsaw in hand to help cut up trees. While I'm over picking up limbs and piling them up to burn, Jacob is cutting them into small enough pieces to get into the fire pit. Apparently one of the limbs fell into his path and as he kicked it out of the way, he kicked the chainsaw blade, immediately gashing open his knee. I can not express how lucky he was that it was just a gash and not something much, much worse. Anyhow, off to the hospital we went.

Six stitches later we are waiting for the nurse to come and and clean up the sutures and discharge Jacob, a drunk comes in with an officer Jacob works with. The officer didn't know that Jacob was there, so imagine his surprise when, as the drunk starts to get violent and is being tasered, Jacob springs off the table and runs into the next room to help get the guy back under control. After the doctor made sure Jacob was done, she calmly sat him back down and checked all his stitches to be sure he hadn't ripped them all out after she had just told him to take it easy, and off we went. It was by far the most exciting ER visit I've ever had.

But wait, there is more. I get home today from work to sheepish Jacob with a bandage on his HAND, where apparently he had injured it while fixing his circular saw and had accidently pulled the trigger. Luckily, no stitches were required and he didn't cut off his pinkie.

Did I mention that Jacob was grounded?