David's Turn

What a day. After a whole bunch of working, I took Sabra to a cheerleading meeting at the library (they are getting new uniforms, so we had to try them on). I brought David with me, since there's plenty for him to do at the library, and he doesn't usually require close supervision there, since it's like his second home.

About halfway through the meeting, David comes into the meeting room with blood all over his hands and running down his neck. He was running and fell and hit his chin on a chair--right underneath, so you can't see it if you're looking at his face unless he tips his head back. He wasn't really crying, so we went into the restroom to clean him up a little, and then he saw the blood and started to get a little bit upset. That's when I noticed that the cut looked pretty deep, so I gathered Sabra and we got in the car and drove over to our friend and nurse-practitioner, Nancy.

I'm sure the last thing Nancy needed was another patient waiting at home for her when she got home from the office, but she's always so good to us, so she looked at his chin, and called the ER in Aurora to see if they were crowded. I then traded some theological knowledge for the medical knowledge (who knew you could barter theological knowledge?), and took both kids out to Aurora, thankful that the storms were not that close to use yet.

It was a surprisingly easy ER visit, as far as those things go. We saw Dr. Williams, the doctor Nancy works with, and it turned out that instead of getting his little chin glued, like Nancy thought he would have to, he actually had to have two stitches put in. The absolute worst part of the whole experience for David was the needle they stuck in his chin to numb it--he really hates shots. That was really the only time he cried.

We were only there for about two hours total--not too bad for an ER visist. We didn't beat the rain home, but now David joins his accident-prone sisters in the annals of family medical history. I think we're really lucky that he made it more than 5 years with no injuries before this!

Kathy