Lesson Learned.

The journeling says it all but I will elaborate a wee bit more. I have never heard anything about this kid until today. Andy told me about 5:30 this evening that the kid (who is 16 and in high school...Andy is 11) was threatening him with a steel pipe saying he would kick his butt because he thought Andy stole his bike. Well boys are boys and they fight and threaten each other all the time. I honestly didn't think much of it. I told Andy I needed to lay down cuz I had only gotten about 3 hours of sleep today cuz we went and saw his counselor today(more on that later)Anyway, I went and laid down. Ab0ut 2 hours later the phone woke me up. Shortly after my Mom comes in screaming that Andy had been beaten up really bad. Of course imagining the worst, I quickly got dressed, called Dean and went to where he was. Everyone had exaggerated a wee bit. He had a huge knot on his head and was pretty shaken up but for the most part ok. He had a lot of bruises to his back and will be very sore today. I guess the kid hit him several times real hard in the head. I had Andy keep ice on his head all night, gave him some Tylenol and checked his pupils to be sure that they are equal and reacting to light. I woke him up a couple times through the night just to be safe. (He LOVES this!!! LOLL)

In the end the police were called, We spent hours making statements. There were lots of witnesses. (SUCH A GOOD THING!) Because the kid had been in lots of trouble before. He already has a juvenile record and rumors were that he was on drugs and had some mental problems. Alegedly he had a gun and was shooting it (one of the MANY stories people tell). While we were standing outside with the cop, everybody and their dog drove by. I am really surprised they weren't taking pictures too! I told Dean later that he needed to get on the phone and clear this crap up so everyone doesn't think Andy did anything wrong. Andy was in the cop car for a long time giving his statement. I love this town but hate it for all the same reasons. It is nice and quiet here but u have no secrets from anyone.

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