Wow Deb. Im so pleased to hear that he hasn't had any permanent damage. How terrifying it must have been for you and your family. Sending my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

So glad your son is okay. I raised two boys born 20 months apart and those early teens are a challenge to get through. Come to think of it, so are the mid-teens and late teens. We had lots of near misses following really stupid actions. Looking back the best thing is that they knew Mom was always there for them.

I hope both of you recover soon.

Gosh Deb that must have been such a scary experience for you and your son to have . I am so thrilled that he is he ok and doing well . Try not to beat yourself up over it. I have three children , all adults now and they all had near misses. Be kind to yourself.

This story made my heart jump into my throat. I am SO glad he is relatively unscathed. I will be thinking of him and wishing him a speedy recovery.

I have two teenage boys, and I cannot express how much I can envision something like this happening. They just don't THINK before they do things sometimes, and this is NOT your fault. They do things on impulse, and that part of the brain is actually the last to mature (into their 20's). It scares me senseless that this could easily have been my boys - this and countless other "stupid" things. I'm half holding my breath until they're 30!

I am so, so sorry this happened to him and to you. We cannot predict what will happen to our children and please do not beat yourself up. you must be so scared and rightly so as is he. Hug him, love him, but more importantly hug and love yourself. You were there to get him to the hospital and to take care of him in his time of agony. I have no doubt he will never do tis again.

Oh Deborah, how awful. I am glad to hear your son is OK. I hope he has a speedy recovery.

How scary, and how well you handled it.

Sending love and healing to him and to you.

Deborah - wow. That is so frightening. Teenage boys really do have a limited concept of consequences, more often than we think. (Says she with an eleven year old, looking down the barrel of teenage years).
I'm really this happened, but really so very glad that it wasn't as bad as it might have been. So scary.
And how proud you must be that you responded so well.
Wishing him a very swift recovery, and you too, from the fright and fear. Thoughts are with you all.

Wow, Deborah, I'm so glad Master 13 is ok. What a scare!

Oh how scary! I'm so glad to hear he wasn't seriously injured. I live in fear of my boys doing something similar. I have 3 boys and although they are generally smart, good kids, sometimes they do the stupidest things.

Sending you a mom to mom hug, and wishing M13 a speedy recovery (and maybe some understanding?).

What an ordeal for all of you! I am so happy your son is OK after such an accident. Yep, raising boys usually prone to many accidents <says mother who raised two of them>
On the bright side maybe this experience will make him more cautious in the future...one hopes...

Good heavens! I'm glad he's okay. What an accident, eh? I have 4 DDs, no sons, so I can't relate to raising boys. That said, I have some nephews and cousins that have done royally stupid things that resulted in serious injury. I hope your son recovers fast. Bless his heart.

Well said "disconnect for teenage boys between 'knowing' something is not safe and 'choosing' to do it anyway". I was holding my breath while reading the story and am so relieved that the outcome is on the better end of the spectrum. I cannot imagine how you must have felt...
Wishing your boy a quick recovery.

Back 35 years ago or so, my brother and a neighbor boy, in the 13-ish age range, decided they would drop a lit match into a can of gasoline to see what would happen. The neighbor was fortunate to lose his eyebrows and eyelashes only. My brother was standing a step or two back. I'm glad Seth is fine. Really glad.

I'm so glad Seth is OK. I am finding out that boys make quick decision based on adventure not common sense. As far as I am concern you are a wonderful Mom for thinking about and handling the social media. They get a lot of there ideas from social media and they don't need the applause when something goes wrong.
Lots of hugs!

Glad to see on one of your other threads that Seth is back at school.

I've only just seen this, Deborah. Thank goodness your son is alright after such a horrible accident.

Your comments are like therapy to me. Thanks so much ladies for your thoughts and prayers. Seth is back at school and is face is looking gorgeous again. Another few days and you wont know what happened by looking at him. He had a couple nights where he was in tears and we talked about he felt about what happened but he seems good now. I do think he has grasped just how serious it could have been and may have just grown up a tiny bit