6.29.12
Our first experience as parents with stitches!
Who was the lucky one..... STOCKTON!
He was finishing up breakfast, kneeling....KNEELING I say, on the barstool (I might add our kids drop like flies off these barstools....it was only time til blood and a cut would show up! Just sit on your flipping bum and stop messing around and you will remain sitting! But why would my kids want to listen to me.....I always tell them that their ears are painted on their head!) So.... like I was saying, Stockton was kneeling on the barstool finishing up breakfast and I walked out for 2 seconds to use the ladies room and BAM I hear a thud and yell to Aaron, who is getting ready for work, Stockton just fell off the barstool... I just knew it, like I said it wasn't the first time I've heard that thud coming from the kitchen. So Aaron found Stockton staggering out of the kitchen and I hear Aaron say my name in that voice that I just knew a hug and kiss wouldn't be good enough for this injury. He didn't hit anything sharp, so we are guessing the impact of the fall is what split it open, I'm just grateful he didn't get a concussion. At first we went back and forth wondering if we should take him in or not, but we decided to and we grateful we did because as soon as the Doc saw it he said "oh yeah, he is going to need a few stitches." This was a crazy morning for us because Abby had an early baseball game. Luckily, we got the stitches in and had time to run home and put Abby's uniform on and throw her hair in a pony tail and then we were off to her game! I'm also grateful that Aaron hadn't gone to work yet and could join in on all the fun with us. Abby didn't like watching her brother go through this so I needed someone to take care of her!
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| At Portneuf Immediate Care......not a happy camper, although he looks like he is trying not to smile! I'm just glad it didn't bleed out of control! |
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| Doc putting 4 stitches in. Stockton did really well on the first 2 stitches and not so good on the last 2! |
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| Drive home......he is traumatized! |
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| Home and much happier! |
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| Getting ready for the needle!!! |
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| He did not like the needle.....it did get it somewhat numb, but unfortunately they had to do more after the 1st stitch because he was flinching so bad and it needed to be numb more. So we got the needle 2 times. Stockton was not happy, he doesn't like people touching him.....so you can imagine how this went....! |
6.29.12
Next day .... cute photos of his owie!
Stockton took his owie seriously.... if you said the prayer and did not bless his owie then you had to say it again. He always wore his hat to protect it from the sun. And he even gave in and let me put a band aid on it!! Why is that shocking.... well unlike most kids Stockton's age he does not like band aids at all! And does not ask for them ever.....nope not for every little minor owie on his body like most kids do! Thankfully, he finally let me put one on him!
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| look at that drool!! |
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| sporting his band aid! |
I thought that this minor injury would slow Stockton down a little....well, it didn't! He was still jumping off of everything and being the crazy, accident prone kid that he is!! But I have noticed that he sits on the barstool a little more careful!!
If you are wondering how it went when we took out the stitches.....well not good! I did not get any pictures because it was just me and him at the Doc's and he was tired at the time and pretty much screamed through the whole thing! We made it, and he still got to go to the Dollar Store!
