When you see your child's school on the caller ID, it can't be good. That feeling of impending doom is only heightened by hearing, "She is being really brave, but you need to come get her right away."Byron beat me getting there, although you are glad you aren't the numskull who decided to get in my way by gridlocking on North Avenue. We found out that Merriwether took a tumble and cut her forehead on the hollow blocks. No one wants to see their child hurting, but it was a good ailment for our First ER Trip as we work toward collecting all our parenting badges.
Kudos to the staff at GBMC Pediatric Urgent Care. They knew just how to talk to kids and parents. It took about 4 hours start-to-finish. They had a nice waiting room just for kids that really helped M feel comfortable.
The three stitches were no fun. It is hard to help restrain your scared/kicking/screaming child while you are sitting mere inches from Pre-School Sutures on The Discovery Health Network. But the nice nurse gave Merriwether and Mom each a popsicle when it was all done. I did pass on the home suture removal kit offered to us :O
Now she's back at school. Showing off her stickers, band-aid, and new "bracelet" that "has my birthday on it!"
Off to find princess band-aids....
2 comments:
Oh no! Stitches are no fun! You better get some Snoopy bandaids too!
I already got Hello Kitty and Barbie band-aids for her! Don't forget to put Vitamin E and Cocoa Butter on it (once it heals of course) too!
Poor Bun-Bun!
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