My First Stitches

This is me standing by the culprit only days before it did me in....

Yesterday, Virginia came over to babysit us. Mom and Dad were going to go out to dinner. As they were getting ready to leave, Jakie and I decided to chase each other. So off we went at the speed of light around the kitchen island, past the dining area, and into the living room. I was just making my 3rd or 4th loop (I don't quite member) when BAM! I hit the kitchen counter and went belly down on the kitchen floor wailing. And that's where Dad found me.

He thought it was going to be only a bump- boy was he surprised to see a deep bloody gash. We got ice on my head and headed to the Urgent Care, where the nice nurse told mom and dad that Children's is the place to be if I didn't "want to be traumatized for the rest of my life". Whatever that means. So a quick stop at McDonalds and off to ST Paul we went. The admitting nurse was so nice- she wrapped my head in a purple smiley face wrap and even gave 'Teddy Grace Terhaar' her very own admit arm bracelet. I neede to wait 45 minutes for the LET gel to kick in to numb my forehead. We hung out in the waiting room watching Diego and then got to go to another room that was filled with toys. I opted for the Little Tikes car...I filled it with gas and then drove Teddy around.

Finally, nurse Dawn was ready for me...



I got to lay on a big bed in a purple dressing gown and watch a Dora movie while Nurse Dawn did something to my forehead...I didn't feel a thing! There was a another nurse in there helping nurse Dawn who told Daddy that if he felt faint he could sit down. My daddy's no wimp- he watched the whole thing.

After the 5 stitches (yeah, you heard me, 5 STITCHES) I got a huge popsicle, 5 stickers, AND the 60 ml syringe that was used to clean out my wound (aka squirty guy which I'm gonna use to get Jakie in the tub). Mom and Dad said I was very brave.

I get to go to the pediatricians office on Monday to get the stitches out- hope they have popsicles too!