Just like any other night in our neighborhood, we were hanging out in the front yard while the kids played. On this particular night they were playing football in our yard and Brandon had a run-in with a tree. Literally.. a run-in with a tree. He ran into a low-hanging branch on a tree and the limb pierced him in the eyelid. This launched a series of events that ended with him having surgery Friday morning at 6:30 AM.
To make a very long story short - the limb pierced his eyelid and "bruised" his eye-ball. The muscle was torn by the limb which required surgery to correct. They also had to check behind his eye to make sure that no debris or dirt was trapped behind his eye.
Brandon handled it all very well. His least favorite part was the IV. He had a really hard time falling asleep in his hospital room that night, but once he did he felt a lot better. The surgery was very short - 1/2 hour total and he has recovered very well.
And the best part is that James was out of town.... WAY out of town (somewhere near El Paso). Mom came over and stayed with the kids while I stayed at the hospital with Brandon. His mom also came up to the hospital so I wasn't completely on my own.
