Feeling better...looking worse!

Kayston is pretty much back to his old self again! Fighting with his sister, being sassy to mom and dad, whining a lot, and bouncing off the walls. We're glad to have him back! (I just didn't think it would be so soon!) He is pretty restricted as to what he can do though. No recess, (which is killing him) no contact sports,(which means no wrestling with Daddy) no jumping on trampolines/beds, and pretty much everything a 5 year old boy likes to do. Luckily, he has started to like coloring a lot more than he used to. He likes to mostly draw skeletons and scary things and cut them out.

Even though he is feeling better, to me, his face looks a lot worse! The swelling has gone down but the black eye is now, purple, red, blue, yellow, and green. And bruising has shown up around his other eye and down his whole cheek. Not to mention when he opens his eye all the way it looks all bloody inside. Ewww! I get chills just thinking about it. He has been such a trooper though. Tuesday night, he told us that he was ready to go back to school. I was kind of surprised considering that almost every visitor that he had, he would hide under a blanket so they couldn't see his eye.
So, I decided that I would go with him to school and sit with him for a while to just make sure that he would be ok and to maybe take him home early if it was too hard for him. As we walked into the class he pulled his hat down over his eye so the kids couldn't see. I went over and talked to his teacher explaining his situation and he ran over to his seat and started cutting out that mornings project. I went over to him and asked him if he was ok. He said yes and told me to go home. I told him he couldn't keep the hat on all day cause it would be a distraction to the other kids. He said "OK" and took off his hat. Of course all the kids started coming over to check out his big colorful eye and face. He didn't seem to even notice. I asked him again if he wanted me to stay and he told me again to go. I gave him a kiss and left his class. Before the door even shut I could feel the tears building up in my eyes. I couldn't believe how brave he was! And the thought of all the kids staring at him with that look of "ewwww gross" in their faces broke my heart.
As a parent, you want to protect your child from everything, especially getting hurt, physically and emotionally. I realized that even though I wanted so badly to stay there with him to make sure he would be ok and make sure he didn't get hurt or made fun of...I couldn't. He has to do these things on his own. And he did! And it was fine! And I am fine...now! =)
These kids just amaze me! If it were me that this happened to, I would still be laying in bed thinking I was dying! I just can't believe how fast these little ones bounce back. Just thinking about all the MANY Angels that are watching out for these kiddos makes me emotional.

Anyway, thanks again to everyone for your love and support! We couldn't have made it through this without you! This is a picture with ALL the cards the primamry brought over! Kayston LOVED them!