The Adventures of Joshua Woods Vol. 1

The adventures of Joshua Woods is the saga of my crazy six year old son. His life adventures are always changing. If you are just starting to read my blog, I will get you up to date on my little handful. A few background points of interest are:1. When Josh was born, he swallowed his meconium (that black baby tar poop) in the birth canal and he spent seven days in the NICU fighting for every breath and basically for his life. We knew we were in for an adventure with him right from the start!2. When he was 3 years old, he walked head first into a jumping cactus and had six firemen get him off the cactus, an ambulance ride, and spent 2 hours in surgery. They removed over 500 cactus needles all over his body. His favorite saying that year was "I Hate Cactus!"3. When he was 4 he had a seizure in the middle of the night that has gone undiagnosed although one doctor believes it was a scorpion bite.4. When he was 5 he had another seizure and spent a week in the children's hospital and still came away with no answers.5. Besides all of the mischievous behavior, bumps and bruises along the way, we are brought up to these past few weeks. Josh decided that it would be a great idea to race his 15 year old brother on his bike. Of course he did not wear shoes or a helmet. (I know, I will not be winning any mother of the year award.) As they were racing, Josh hit a bump and flew head over heels on his bike and cracked his head open. We rushed him to the ER where he got stitches on his head. The good news is that there was still time to get to my daughter Lily's performance as a mouse in Mice and Mozart, the 5th grade play! Josh went, bloody shirt and all!6. Everything was fine for five days until Josh had a great idea. Mr. Smarty pants was feeling like he would pop all of my birthday balloons. This would be fine behavior for any six year old but Josh added his personal touch and popped them with a pocket knife! As he was popping happily along, the pocket knife snapped shut with his finger inside. Josh sliced his finger from the top just under the fingernail, straight down the middle to the bend in his finger. You could pull the whole skin out and look inside. So, another trip to the emergency room he went and this time spent four hours and ended up with numerous stitches.We have had a few quiet days and we are hoping for some peace. Are you allowed to put a six year old in a straight jacket?
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by Michelle