Sullivan's Island

Every year our friends Ashley and Todd invite us to go to Sullivan's Island with them and other couples (the last couple years have been us, them and the McCants). It's always a lot of fun. For some reason... looking back, there is always some kind of trouble that we seem to cause... whether it has been bringing our dogs, or our having a fussy 4 month old with acid reflux. Well this year our story tops any before it... (it's long so you can skip down if you have already heard this)

We were playing on the beach. I was playing Bocci Ball with Todd and Hannah was with the girls (and Raegan) closer to the water. They had beach chairs and a beach umbrella. The wind was gusting pretty good. I noticed something going on while I was counting off that both of my shots were the closest to the que in Bocci Ball. Hannah was running toward me holding her arm. I said are you OK and she said "No... I have a hole in my arm... I need to go to the hospital!". What happened as my back was turned is that the wind lifted the umbrella and launched it like a spear into Hannah's right arm. It apparantly stuck and Hannah pulled it out. Hannah gets weak when she sees her own blood. But this was really bad and it wasn't just blood... it was the inside of her arm exposed! The McCants said they'd take care of Raegan so I helped Hannah up to the beach house so we could get her to the urgent care. A couple times Hannah became less responsive and came down to her knees as I was trying to get her to the house. But she was really strong and decisive through all of this. We managed to get clothes on her (not just a bathing suit) and then got her to a great Urgent Care facility. Within 30 minutes, her arm was stitched-up and we had Coke and popcorn that they gave us while they did the sewing. I got to watch them work on her. The doctor pulled-up an artery and noted that it's good it missed that. I could see muscle, ligaments and all kind of stuff in the hole in Hannah's arm. They put 2 internal and 8 external stitches in her arm.

She is OK now... but her arm seems to be getting more and more bruised looking. I would post a picture... but some people would probably rather not see that. But I do have a picture of the culprit. Be careful if you're on a windy beach and you see this...


...on to the less dramatic parts of the trip...

Raegan got to hangout with her friend Aidan.



Here is a slide-show of Raegan playing on the beach (and mud puddles). She liked to chase the birds. (click the play button on the slideshow). Below the slide show are just some random shots of Hannah and Raegan.







On the last morning, I took Raegan for a morning stroll on the beach. It was nice and she seemed to like it. The house in the background of the bottom picture is the house we got to stay in. It was really nice.