First Stitches

They are a little blurry we took them with Brian's phone on our way to the doctor.

Tyler was outside playing after dinner and was chasing after Connor and tripped and hit his head on a cinder block. After some cleaning (the blood was dripping down his face onto his brand new shirt and not so new jeans) we looked at the cut and discussed what to do for a few minutes. I tried to call my friend who is married to an ER doctor but got no answer. We talked some more looked at it some more and I called my mom. She said if it were her she'd probably take him in but since Brian's family doesn't go to the doctor much we may want to super glue and buttterfly bandage it. We talked some more and decided that to avoid a nasty scar we should probably take him in. On our way the the hospital (since it was 8:00 and neither Urgent Care is open that late on a Sunday) we thought we'd stop by my friend's house. They happened to be just walking in the door, well the husband and the son that is Tyler's age. I asked him if he'd look and see what he thought. He said to reduce scarring and speed healing, he'd stitch it. He said he had the stuff there so he could just do it for us right there. We went into the house and he started with a numbing cream and then did some numbing shots and laid Tyler on the dining room table and did 3 stitches. I did not watch. Tyler did really well and held really still even after the shot wore off and he needed one more stitches. He cried a little but within a few seconds of being done he was fine. My friend's two sons gave Tyler a candy and a suction cup ball and he has been happy and content ever since. That was the end of a very long mother's day.