Jo is the poster child for those stupid bumper pads you can put around coffee tables. Actually, she would probably do well in a completely padded home. For the third time this week Josephine has busted her lip open. It would seem as if her face keeps getting in the way of the floor and bed frames. This comes a week after her forehead kept hitting the corner of walls producing straight-lined bruises (twice that happened). I really can't explain how it is she continues to maim herself in the most unlikely of scenarios other than she is her father's daughter and comes by it honestly (lest we forget the winter of 2010 when Marcus fractured his skull and broke his collar bone in a 6 week time span).
Prior to the last two weeks of injuries Josephine has already taken a nasty fall down the stairs. That produced a goose egg, black eye, and a trip to Patient First. Her sister has also been the cause of some accidents, most recently when Alex mowed Jo down in a should-have-seen-it-coming Radio Flyer car and ramp incident. The product of that was road rash, a bloody upper lip, and another black eye (on the same side of the face even, her left). The very first serious injury she received was around 6 months of age when she did a surprise leap out of her daddy's lap and over the side arm of a chair. We kept our eye on her for the remainder of the day but she seemed fine. There are also the numerous times Jo has either fallen down or been pushed and smacked the back of her head on the floor. If she suffers from Alzheimer's in her old age too many blows to the head will be the root cause I'm sure.
I am a little more than concerned about what the future holds for Josephine and whether our BFFs will eventually be the ER staff if she continues down this path of toddler self-destruction.
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