Stitches Out!

After a five or six days, we got to take a trip back to the clinic to get Eli's stitches taken out.  He got the steri-strips as a replacement. :)  We were told that it looked good and is healing nicely!

Funny thing about the steri-strips is that we got asked more what happened after these were put on than when he had his stitches! It made it stand out, I guess.  Made me laugh. April 10th, 2013

Exercise is a dangerous pasttime!

We were at the church for my exercise group like any other weekday morning.  Our children always run around and play together while we are exercising.  The kids were playing on the stairs to the stage and all of a sudden Eli came out of the doorway crying.  I had just seen him go down the stairs from the stage and didn't hear him fall or anything.  As he got closer to me, I noticed he had a little red spot on his forehead. I set him up on the stage and this red spot really started bleeding!  I picked him up and ran to the bathroom to get some paper towels.  I took the towels off the cut and realized that it was fairly deep.  I asked him what had happened and he said he ran into the wall.  The only thing I can think of is that he hit the corner coming out of the entryway just right on that carpeted wall.  So crazy!  So, we left exercise early to go to the clinic so Eli could get all fixed up. 

 

 I texted John this picture with a message (that he didn't get--he only saw the picture) which sent him into panic mode as he realized we were at the clinic. Lol I got a phone call and explained to him what had happened. 

Eli was very brave and didn't cry or anything when he was getting stitched up.  Just one little "Ouch!" in the middle of counting to ten as they were giving him the numbing shot.  All the nurses were very impressed. That's my little man!  

 

Six stitches later and he was all fixed up.  Nothing stops this kid!

Love you Eli! :) April 5. 2013

About a month after Eli had to get stitches, we were doing weights with arm exercises. My friend's daughter, Abigail, ran up behind me as we were doing bicep curls.  She went to run past and ran right into my weight!  It caught her right by the eyebrow.  She hit my weight so hard it popped my arm back up.  She instantly started bleeding and I ran her to the bathroom as her mother was taking her little sister potty.  I felt so bad!  She also had to go to the clinic to get stitches.  Maybe we ought to start putting the kids in bubble wrap so they can't get hurt! lol

Stitches...

We spent Friday morning cleaning the house, so it was a little later than normal by the time we got showered and had lunch made. We were sitting at the table eating, and I noticed that John had popped up on Google Chat.  I came over to the computer desk to chat with him (still within sight of the kids) and talked to him for a minute.  I guess Eli had somehow gotten his feet out from under the table, pushed against it, and tipped himself over backwards.  Not sure how as he was in his booster seat, and was eating at the table without the tray attached, but with boys anything is possible. LOL  He split the back of his head open about a centimeter and required stitches.  So, my afternoon was spent at the clinic getting 3 stitches. He did remarkably well.  The clinic staff was amazed at how good he was and shared stories of stitching up kids his age and it taking four adults to hold the hysterical child down.  I barely had my hands resting on him, and he ended up going to sleep before they were even done.  Glad that he did okay, and that it wasn't that bad of an injury!