At about 11:55 a.m., shortly before Jacob was about to make it through sacrament meeting with only one little diaper break, something drastic happened. He was sitting on Daddy's lap, playing with a little toy car. He accidently dropped the car to the ground. Without any warning, Jake quickly dove forward to go for the car. As he flew toward the ground, his forehead struck the flat portion of the back of the pew in front of him, apparently catching on the fabric. He immediately screamed out. As daddy picked him up and went for the door, it was quickly apparent that there was a gash, between 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch, right above his eyebrow, and it was fairly deep. Daddy turned around at the door and signaled that Mommy better join them in the hall. In the hall, the wound began to bleed, and Daddy took him into the bathroom to try and wash it a bit and slow the bleeding. He really didn't cry very long, except for when we were wiping at the wound to clean the blood up. We quickly went to a local urgent care clinic and saw a doctor. He gave us the choice of doing nothing, using super glue, or stitching it up. He said, if it were his kid, he'd glue it up. So, that's what we did. He screamed while we held him still, but overall, did pretty well. The nurse gave him a bright blue sucker and a toy, which made him pretty happy. And, she reminded us, it definitely won't be the last time we take him into a clinic. Anyway, it all worked okay, and could have been much worse. He's still such a cutie.
(written by Aaron)
5 comments:
I think I hear a thump at sacrament meeting every Sunday followed by a cry. These poor little children. I am sure you remember growing up all the bumps and bruises that come with most childhood days!! You are great parents.
It is fun having Sarah, Shane and Kathryn so near by. I wish they were closer, but I will take what we can get and that is good enough!!
I know your mother would love to have you guys near. She has to be a fun grandmother!
Poor little guy... so what kind of super glue is this? Is there a special kind for the skin I assume? I'm glad he didn't have to get stitches.
The doctor told us it is basically the same as super glue. We had to hold Jake down while the doctor put in on in layers. Then we had to let it dry before we could let go of Jake. The doctor said that it would just peel off like a sunburn after a few weeks.
That is fascinating... a new home remedy, just kidding. Hopefully that will be the worst of his injuries!
Poor kid! Maybe it was his way of saying he was tired of being in Sacrament Meeting and needed to go in the hall. (Just kidding!) At least you got your first tramatic rush to the doctor experience over with. I'm sure glad our first is over, next time I hope to be a little more calm and collected.
That's way cool about the super glue! Wish we could have just done that to Janelle's finger!
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