Stitches

This morning, after guru had left for work and the girls were already at the bus stop, I was in my kitchen making a sippy cup for my son when my front door opens. Hmm...wonder who forgot something, I thought. It was my middle daughter saying that my oldest had fallen at the bus stop and was bleeding.

So, I slip on some shoes and run out of the door in my shorts and t-shirt, hair not yet brushed, in 40 degree weather to find out what happened. I see my daugher walking toward me down the sidewalk, crying and holding her face with one hand and her mangled glasses in the other.

I take her inside and clean up all the shed blood and find out she was playing balance beam on the curb and her foot slipped. She had her hands in the pockets of her coat and she couldn't get them out in time to catch herself before faceplanting into the concrete. Her glasses dug into the side of her face leaving a nice slash next to her left eye.

It looked pretty bad, I could see several layers under her skin, and the cut was gaping. I figured she may need a stitch or two for it. So, I called around and the Children's urgent care didn't open until 3 pm. I wasn't about to head downtown and wait 8 hours in the Children's hospital ER, so I found an urgent care close to home and took her in.

Sure enough, she ended up with 7 stitches in her pretty little face! She was not happy about that at all! She screamed and squirmed when they gave her the shots to numb her face. I had to hold her arms down while the nurse held her head still. Once the numbing was taken care of, she was all good.

I continued to hold her hands and watch as the Doctor stitched her up. I actually remained very cool through the whole thing. I'm impressed with myself. How is it that I can handle all the blood and watch a Dr. put stitches in my baby's face, but I can't handle throw-up? I don't know.

Anyway, I would post before and after pictures, but I took them with my new camera phone, and we don't have the proper equipment to transfer pictures from phone to computer.