We had our first accident involving a major skin laceration over the weekend. Yep, we had our first experience with skin staples. Carson, my child who fears all medical incidents including tooth brushing, was our first to have to be "sewn up" if you will. Sunday we had such a nice, lazy afternoon after church. The kids were rough housing/wrestling with Dustin on the floor, when Carson fell and hit his head on a toy hay baler- plastic! He cried immediately and when he sat up blood literally spurted out of his head and Dustin caught that in his hands. We quickly applied pressure and got him calm so we could access the situation. It was very deep and clear we needed to go somewhere. Chaos ensued a little, as we made arrangements for the other kids and grabbed what we needed for Carson. Poor guy was crying the whole time saying he didn't want to go. We went to our local KidMed (local meaning, 45 minutes away!). We were quickly ushered in and within minutes Carson had a green popsicle- I think the nurse won him over at that point because he tolerated everything very well. He did amazing considering what he had to go through and the way he hates anything medical. They put a topical anesthetic on his cut to numb it before the shots to really numb it. After that was in effect, in came the team. The doctor and another boy to hold his head (not sure if he was a nurse or what), and the nurse. They used the papoose thing to secure him-which is a nice way of pretty much saying "straight jacket". Dustin had to hold his body, the "boy" held his face and I was at his face trying to comfort him and wipe his tears. The regular nurse was assisting the doctor and handing me tissues as needed. He got a ton of shots in and around the wound to numb it, then had 5 staples put in. I have to say, I was able to see the cut when it was all cleaned up before staples, and it was deep! With your skull, I was surprised you could get cut so deep. It's a wonder he didn't hit bone. With a little plastic toy-amazing. After his staples, he was able to get more popsicles! I think he had 3 while there. He said when we were leaving that he liked the place.....I wouldn't have liked it even with popsicles! To be restrained like that would be awful I think. What a brave boy we have! This week he's been so cute saying " Sissy, I had to get staples in my head." or, "Watch my boo-boo" while pointing to his head. After the ordeal, we asked him what he wanted for supper- and he chose cheese sticks. We headed to TGI Friday's where he ate 2 orders of cheese sticks and part of Dustin's steak! I guess he worked up an appetite at the doctor's office.
I will again say- I love the after hours kid's clinic. It is awesome! They get you in and out and you don't have to sit in the E.R. and be around all kinds of sickness, or wait 45 minutes for discharge papers. It's so nice to get in and out and have t.v.s for kids to watch cartoons while they wait, eat popsicles, etc.!
We go tomorrow to get the staples out, so we'll see how that goes! I have a feeling more popsicles are in our future!!!
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