5 Stitches...a Father's Day to Remember

Kylee took a little spill today and ended up in the Emergency room and had to get 5 stitches to her forehead. She was playing with the Hammock and somehow lost her balance and landed right on her head. The cut itself wasn't very bad at all, maybe only 1/2" long and 1/4" wide but it was Deep. It was a full thickness laceration, so it went all the way down to her muscles in her head. Amazingly, she only cried for a few minutes and then she was perfectly fine.

Keith was actually working when it happened but thankfully he was able to meet up with us at Children's Hospital. Keith knew several of the nurses working there, and they utilized some "Professional Courtesy" and got us back right away. Which was so nice!

Once she was back in a room, they numbed the area with a topical pain reliever and let that soak in for about 20-30 minutes. Once that had set in, they put her in a "Papoose" (like a big toddler swaddle) so she couldn't move and fight the stitches. She definitely was not a happy camper about this, but who would be?! Once she was all tied down, they gave her a shot of Lidocaine to numb the area, and proceeded to put in the 5 stitches. They used the Dissolving stitches, so they will not have to be removed. The cut itself was very straight, so the Dr said that it should heal up very nicely. The Dr. was very quick and it was all over in a matter of minutes. When the Dr was all done sewing her up, the nurse quickly brought her a Popsicle and she was instantly happy and had forgotten about the traumatizing events leading up to that point.

She is quite the little trooper. This whole incident hasn't seemed to phase her in the least bit. In fact, she was already up and climbing again before we left the hospital! It definitely didn't knock any sense into her either, she is still as fearless as ever!