
When the song service finished, I went down and sat in our pew, but I noticed Luke was nowhere in sight. One of his brothers said Luke went to check on his nose, so I started to go out when Luke came back in. His nose was a little swollen, and he didn't look real happy.
After the service, I pulled him to the side and took a look at his nose. I gently ran my fingers down the side of it, but he pulled away and said that hurt. Now I really was gentle, but I often wonder why we parents do stuff like that. Frankly, unless a bone actually sticks out from the skin and scratches my hand, I'm not sure I could tell if a nose was broken by touching it. Although there wasn't a lot of swelling, it concerned me that he couldn't stand anyone touching his nose at all. The teens were supposed to leave the next morning for camp, and I envisioned hours in the hospital waiting room trying to get his nose taken care of through the night. It seems that several of the kids were wrestling in the fellowship hall before the service. Can anyone say inappropriate church behaviour? Luke fell and then someone jumped on top of him and his nose hit the floor pretty hard. A group of us stood around and examined his nose and finally came to unanimous agreement that it was probably bruised, but not broken. He seemed fine the rest of the night, and he left for camp early the next morning, although he complained of pain every time he sniffed. I've talked to him and his dad several times since then and he seems to be doing fine.
This is not a picture of Luke, by the way, but it was the best picture I could find of a child's nose. I had a close-up of a nose that I put up first, but then I realized there was a whole nose-hair issue and it just seemed a little gross. So I found this cute kid instead.
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