Ryker's face-plant

Poor Ryker! He had occupational therapy today and he had a great time trying out THREE different kinds of swings! He loves to swing and today he got to try two new ones he'd never used before. He was having a ball! Then his therapist put him in this stretchy sack that velcroed up the back with his whole body (including his head) inside. The idea was that the therapist would sit on his rolling chair and hold the back of the sack and Ryker had to pull him around the room. Sounds simple enough. Ryker was pulling with all his might, but his therapist is well over 6 feet tall, so he wasn't really making any headway. Suddenly, his feet slipped out from under him and, since his hands were restrained by the sack, he went straight to his face! Oh, it looked so painful and sounded just AWFUL! Ouch! He started crying and doing his owie dance while his therapist worked to extricate him from his prison. I would have panicked, being so hurt and stuck in a sack like that! We got him out and started assessing the damage. His nose was bleeding and he had a small cut on the outside of his lip. He's hit his nose and gotten bloody noses before (including at another OT appointment, if you recall), but I've never seen his nose swell up before. Poor guy. He really hit it hard. I won't be the least bit surprised if he ends up with a black eye or two. He sat in Brice's lap for a few minutes until he was feeling a little better, but he still said he wanted to go home. The thing that I just love about Ryker is his forgiving nature. His therapist said, "Do you hate me?" and Ryker's immediate response was, "No, I still like you." The words just don't quite capture the emotion though. He was just so offhanded about it, like it was no big deal. If somebody had just about broken MY nose, and for the second time no less, I'd be kinda mad at them for a while. At least until I stopped bleeding and hurting. But not Ryker. It's like it never crosses his mind to be angry or upset about anything other than the pain. The kid's got character.