The Haws Family: 2011

July 17, 2011, we were visiting grandma owen in lewiston, utah. and we were also there for a family reunion... there a few different versions of the story but let me tell you what i know!!! we dont know why or how or even with what foot he got kicked, but brennen did get kicked by a "devil" horse. ugh!! the kids (brennen, addi, and kael) went to feed their watermelon rigns to the horses who graze in grandma's back pasture (she rents it out) and they decided they wanted to go in the pen!!! all the sudden we heard brennen bawling at the top of his lungs, by the time kemer got out there he said "all i saw was brennen backed up to the fence holding on to it for dear life." kemer actually thought he was geting electricuted, but realized that wasnt the case when he saw that his face was gushing blood. he picked him up and ran to the grass where we had dinner layed out. he sat down and looked at brennens face. he freaked saying oh F***! and just started screaming "get in the car we are going to the hospital. when i asked if i could see what happened he tried showing me, but before i could get a look he pulled him back in towards his chest and screamed again!!! so after NOT obeying allthe traffic laws like the 911 operator asked us to do when we asked her for directions, we finally made it to the hospital. they brought us back immediately and laid brennen down in just a basic curtain room, the dr came in and instantly said oh hell no, and moved us to the triage room. they got brennen sudated! finally after bawling and squiming for about 30 minutes. he was relaxed and not to worried about his "OWY" the er nurse came in and we got scans and Xrays done, "just in case" then we waited what seemed for forever for the results, he had no brain trauma but did have a few broken sinus bones in his cheek. this isn't something they do surgery for so we were glad to hear that. then we just waited for the plastic surgeon who stitched his face up... it was probably the fastest e.r. visit i have ever had. brennen took all his meds like a big boy and finally got his stitches out a week later!!! his face has healed so well and we are so lucky that this whole accident wasnt much much worse. if it woulda been an inch higher he coulda lost his eye or broken his cheek bones way worse, and lower would ripped his lip like a piece of paper!!! the scaring isnt too bad and we hope it will get better with time!!!

this is one of the first pics we got, so ths big lit red spot is a open gash, then the dark red spot is a complete hole that goes straight through to the inside of his cheek. when he took a drink is sounded like there was a whole in the straw nad not his face!!! lol its funny now!!! kemer at one point said we could just put the straw in there!!! hahaha any ways...
-_- thats mean. lol

this is after the dr got done numbing his check "meat" that is when we noticed there was actually some missing. the left side that is all swollen is normal the right side is what is missing. weird huh?!?

all stitched up!!! this is when you could completely tell it was a hoof that hit him. its the exact shape!!!

this is his "special" smile. his smile will heal over time but no one knows if it will ever go back to the same way it was.... he might have had some nerve damage when the "chunk" went missing. gross, but how sweet is he?!?!?