She's starting early I guess! Well, we of course hope that this is her first and last trip, but who knows? Last night, Claire woke up a couple of times crying and she seemed like she was a little sick (congested) and I was so tired of getting up, so I finally just put her in bed with me. She hasn't slept in our bed hardly at all, but when she has it has been fine. She's fallen off the bed before, but that has only been when she's playing on it...
Anyway, at 5am, all of the sudden, in her sleep, she just rolls right off the bed! I hear the thud and the cry and think it's just the usual head bonk. Not. As I cuddled her, I felt something wet on the right side of her head...I hoped it was just her tears, but it turned out to be blood :(
Fortunately, it wasn't gushing or anything but there was a significant amount of blood matted in her hair. So, I called Jordan (he was at work still) and he came home. In Jordan's VAST personal (like, on himself!) experience with head injuries, he determined that it was indeed something she needed to get stitched up. (I was trying to spare us the $100 ER visit, but I guess butterfly bandaids would be tricky in this case ;)
So, we went to the ER, and Claire freaked out when the triage nurse tried to weigh her--at that point, I was expecting quite an ordeal! But I guess she just didn't love that nurse or was just still pretty tired because when the doctor came in, she was just fine!
Anyway, at 5am, all of the sudden, in her sleep, she just rolls right off the bed! I hear the thud and the cry and think it's just the usual head bonk. Not. As I cuddled her, I felt something wet on the right side of her head...I hoped it was just her tears, but it turned out to be blood :(
Fortunately, it wasn't gushing or anything but there was a significant amount of blood matted in her hair. So, I called Jordan (he was at work still) and he came home. In Jordan's VAST personal (like, on himself!) experience with head injuries, he determined that it was indeed something she needed to get stitched up. (I was trying to spare us the $100 ER visit, but I guess butterfly bandaids would be tricky in this case ;)
So, we went to the ER, and Claire freaked out when the triage nurse tried to weigh her--at that point, I was expecting quite an ordeal! But I guess she just didn't love that nurse or was just still pretty tired because when the doctor came in, she was just fine!
I had bubbles and they eventually gave her a popsicle, but even without that, I was amazed that she didn't even flinch when they cleaned her head off!
And there's the cut--ouch!! They decided on 2 staples, and once again, she didn't even cry UNTIL after it was done, dumb mommy said "WOW! I can't believe she didn't even cry!" Then she started crying, haha :)--but only a little bit and she was fine.
And there's the cut--ouch!! They decided on 2 staples, and once again, she didn't even cry UNTIL after it was done, dumb mommy said "WOW! I can't believe she didn't even cry!" Then she started crying, haha :)--but only a little bit and she was fine.
Picture I took while bathing her later that day. BTW, all of these pics I took on my phone-can you tell? Yeah, not the best quality but you get the point, right?
Claire, we are soooooooo relieved that you are OK and lived through this whole ordeal!! We love you!!
6 comments:
Poor little Claire! I am glad she is okay!! She looks so cute even getting her head stitched up!
Think I missed the part in your text where she got staples. My nephew cracked his head open right before kyle's baptism and my dad popped a few staples in right before the baptism. He didn't cry either. He was proud and showed everyone at the baptism. He was only 2 years old at the time too. Much better than stitches.
Poor poor Claire! Hope she is feeling better. What a brave little girl:)
oh sadness... she bopped her beanie good. glad you are smart parents and got it taken care of and lots of rest is the best thing for injuries. nice work guys! love you claire-a-rone!
Poor Clarie. Knock on wood we haven't made that trip with Dylan....yet. I am glad everything turned out ok. Now its just waiting to get the staples out! Good luck!
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