At approximately 7:45pm, Caitlin made her first appearance in the ER after falling off the couch and hitting her head on the window sill. The gash went through her skin and muscle to her skull....so she had to get stitches instead of glue. Thankfully, by the time we got to the ER (10 minutes after the fall) she had stopped crying and the bleeding had also stopped. She was such a trooper! And ended up being patient of the day! She really only cried when they had to hold her down to stitch her up. They even commented on how strong she was! We are very thankful to the staff in the ER for being so sweet and caring. The only waiting we had to do was for the numbing gel to work all the way. We were back home just a few minutes past 9pm.
And this is how she was when we got home (and after a grape popsicle from the ER). She even helped daddy play Super Mario on the Wii!
As awful as it was to have to take her to the ER, the whole thing went pretty smoothly and she handled it all in stride! Brave little girl!
4 comments:
Oh my goodness! I bet that was stressful. Glad she's doing okay.
Poor baby girl!!! That's always so scary. Emma got in a fight with a screen door this weekend, but is definitely not as bad off as Caitlin. What a trouper!
You have had a really busy week!! I hope your itching is gone and you are not having contractions AND give poor Caitlyn a hug for me! She is sooooo brave. That gash makes me cringe!
Yikes, it makes me ill to look at it.
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