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Here is a pic of Rooney icing his head while reading "Harry Potter 4"

Here is the explanation of why he is icing his head:

Last night I was up to my elbows making dinner. Hootis comes running in the front door screaming that "Rooney is bleeding!". I see him through the front window with blood gushing down his entire face. I of course yell, "Don't come in the house! Don't come in the house!" while rushing to the front door. Hello?!?! We have white carpet in the front room and I was having visions of blood all over it!

I met him on the front porch and washed him down with the front hose, trying to figure out where exactly the blood was coming from. After he quit gushing, I found a 1 inch long, pretty deep cut on his forehead right at the hair line.

Here is his explanation of how this happened:
"I was on my bike picking up a rock to throw at Proto, when my bike tipped over and I tipped with it and the handle bars hit my head into the ground."

At this point I really had to decide what part of the explanation to question first, the "throwing rocks at Proto" part or the "bike with no helmet" part?

With some further explanation I deciphered that he was straddling his bike, while picking up the rock. There frankly, is no logical explanation for the rock throwing part. Although they both assure me they were throwing rocks at each other for fun, not fighting. Obviously.

The conclusion to this rather bizarre event was a visit to the "after hours pediatrician" and coming home with 6 stitches in his head that need to be iced every few hours.