I’ve been trying to come up with something to give my husband for his Birthday and Christmas. Just this past week, in re-arranging bedrooms, I left a bucket on the floor containing 2″ sash rods. They were sticking out yet pointed with their ends to a cabinet. You know, it’s one of those things that you look at it, think for a second, maybe I should move that and yet, get sidetracked by something, only to discover…..

My superman hoisted a bench, one I had requested be moved into our bedroom and placed at the foot of the bed, up over his head and mumbling – this is the last thing I’m moving today – to which I chuckled at just before hearing a thud on the bucket. The I here him yell, “What did I hit?” I immediately grimaced as he continued walking – and mumbled… “I don’t know…” then call to him…. “Don’t look – Don’t look… just go in and sit on the bed for me for a sec…..

See, Slobo passes out when he bleeds….. He later told me he knew there was a problem when he felt a warm drip down his leg.

I’m sorry to say, he hit the end of that rod with his shin bone and fileted the skin and meat to the bone. He had sat on the floor in front of the potty, leaning against the wall, because he knew that I couldn’t catch him if he passed out sitting higher. He refused to get stitches, so we’ve kept him cleaned and bandaged with butterflies for a few days. Miraculously, he his almost healed up. I was considering some body armor for his birthday in a couple of weeks as a joke. Starting with those silver chain mittens when chopping and a pair of steeled toe boots, since he is invariably running into anything and everything! I found this site that sells Steel Toe Boots. They offer free shipping and seem to be competitively priced. Met Boots has lots of options from boots that prevent electrical shock to gardening, hiking and steel toed boots, I’m sure I should be able to find a few pairs to handle each situation as we run into it in our house!