I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't there to see it. At least, we have an answer to who's next in our long line of stitches. Greyson busted his chin AGAIN! We were over at a friend's house on this gorgeous day and Greyson and his preschool friend were playing outside while us moms were prepping lunch. Next thing I know Greyson is coming in announcing he hurt his chin and after seeing the gaping hole in his chin, I thought, "here we go again." I told my friend that he needed to go to the clinic to get it sown up but that we would stay for him to eat a sandwich first. I think she thought me a little weird; I know I would have if I didn't have so much experience with stitches. But the boy needed lunch and we'd be at the clinic awhile. Anyway... he ate up and then we went to the clinic. Unfortunately, this time it wasn't as smooth sailing as it has been in the past. Greyson did great and was very brave considering that when they put the needle through the second flap of skin, he *visibly* jumped. It was obviously to me that it wasn't completely numb. The nurse tried to play it off as "he felt the pressure of it" but I don't buy it. They used a shot of lidocaine to help numb it more (freaking the boy out because they are coming at him with a shot to his face!) and then it went much better. After the stitches, the doctor decided to give him his last tetanus booster as a preventative measure. With Madelyn, shots were never fun but they didn't freak her out. With Greyson, I'm sure that he thinks the doctor gives him shoots just to torture him. So, I asked the doctor that if he was going to give one of them to just give him all his kindergarten shots now and finish it out. Torture the boy once, please. But all in all, he did great. I'm so blessed to have children that understand the doctor is the "good guy" and that also trust me when I say that everything is going to be okay.
So, here they are - two stitches and four shots later he is at home and sucking on a Sonic cherry slush. Whew.... we've lived through another stitches episode.
Oh, and Greyson has taken to taking picture too and seems to be pretty good at it. He insisted on turning the camera back on me after I took his pictures. :)
2 comments:
Oh, my oh my....Melissa maybe you should take a course in stitching up wounds. Poor little Greyson....he is getting to where all this is just old hat, isn't he. As are you....
We got to the point where we just put butterfly tape on our kids if it was in a place where it wouldn't be seen. Sigh. Yeah. Been there. I think I have a t-shirt somewhere I need to send you. We just have very active kids, I guess.
OK, I'm padding my house right now so we'll be ready for him on Monday.
It was probably good that he gave you a reason to have to smile afterwards. You look like you did ok too. ;-)
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