Ouch!

So, Monday afternoon, I get a call from Jake's school nurse. The first sentence out of her mouth was something to this affect..."Jake was involved in an accident at school, but he is ok." What a smart lady to tag that 'ok' part right away. He collided with another student in gym class...they either hit heads or the Jake got elbowed, from what I was told. Mrs. Codispoti, Jake's teacher, walked him down to the nurse and Jake told me she was asking him silly questions. Guess I am thankful he thought they were silly at the time. He wanted to go home, but this was 10 minutes before school was out, so the nurse talked him out of calling home. A friend from church who lives right near us was keeping Lydia (her son and Lydia are in class together) and had offered to get Jake off the bus and let him come to play as well. I figured he would be excited for that, especially since a friend from his class lives on the same street. When I went to pick the kids up, I saw that the nurses prediction for a black eye was sure to be true. I gave Jake Tylenol Monday night as he said it was hurting, but that has been all he has needed. The first two pictures are Monday night (notice the tongue). The last picture was taken Tuesday (and I must say, I think he looks like my dad in that picture). The swelling is gone now, but the bruising has moved farther down his cheek. But bruising means it's healing, right? Jake just could not bear to look at it anymore after his first look Monday night. And to top it all off...guess what Tuesday was at school? PICTURE DAY! Yep, that's right...Jake got his picture taken with a shiner. We have the opportunity to do retakes, but part of me wants to keep the ones from Tuesday as a memory. Dan thinks I'm nuts. I just figured I'd see how they turn out since retakes are free of charge. So there you have it...and Jake is still friends with Zack, even though it sounds like Jake took the brunt of the injuries.