Yesterday my brother and I got in a fight (not going into why.. it was stupid)... I am 14 and he is 12; so anyway he had been grabbing things around him that he could use as a weapon (good thing my friend was with me at the time). It started as a long stick and I grabbed it, my friend helped me pull it out of his hands when he tried to hit me with it (he did hit my stomach pretty hard). Next he grabbed a metal bat and I grabbed that too after a blow to my left arm and my right wrist. We have a Siberian Husky and so we need a rather large pooper scooper... unfortunately he used it to catch my side (which unfortunately is quite bruise along with everything else) but I was quick and grabbed it before he did too much damage to my body. After that he grabbed hedge trimmers and threatened to throw them at me, my friend, and her dog.. luckily he didn't and threw them aside. A few moments of arguing later, he goes inside only to come out with a huge knife, threatening to throw it at me, my friend, and her dog. He stood there cutting up the bat and the pooper scooper I had been using as shields, and my friend talked him into putting the knife back. So he went inside and came back out with a hammer ( -.- ), and again threatened to throw it. Eventually it all led to him trying to commit suicide by drug overdose. I walked firmly inside and told my uncle what my brother was doing and he went out and stopped him. My uncle called my mom and she came home quickly (she had been at work).
So now what I am asking for is advice... mainly. I'd also like to know if I should go to the doctor because of my arm. Although I'm sure it's probably just badly bruised, I just want to make sure. It is not visibly bruised but there is a painful bump where I was hit. I can't tell /exactly/ if it is swollen because I guess I've never paid much attention to that. I have full use of my hands except I can barely even squeeze chocolate syrup out of the bottle or lift the almost empty milk jug.
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