JC fell in the kitchen, not running, not holding anything dangerous (a toy bucket) just walking from the kitchen to the living room after breakfast (UE was still eating, GMC was still sleeping)
She fussed, I remind her she is hurting my ears, she shushes and comes for a kiss. I see blood everywhere, you know how face injuries can bleed and spread. I finally found the injury on the way to get a towel to wipe up some blood. A few gentle dabs later and I found it. Right under her chin, gaping wide, I swear I saw bumpy fat tissue, man was it gross!
I tried calling my husband but his phone was dead (man am I glad we each have a cell phone, but he is on his way to get the car charger replaced sinc eit failed to charge the phone while he ran errends yesterday.) I then worked on getting the kids dressed and myself so we could go get it taken care of all the while praying my husband plugged his phone in.
A short while later I decided to try an old work buddy, I asked him to hunt around for a number of anyone who currently works with my husband or the phone in the 'basement' lab they work in.
Then after we are pretty much all up, GMC and I are dressed, I decide I have to call in my neighbor, He is willing to take us, and heads right over.
Soon as we get in his car, my huaband calls me. It seems that old game of telephone where you pass the message has a lesson in it, husband had no idea what was wrong with JC only that he had to head home immediatly, poor guy. I explained it is just in need of stitching or somehting and he decides to meet us at the urgent care center since the wonderful neighbor is already there.
Well, that center closed..so we switch to husbands car, then drive to the next closest. That one wont do a 3 year old....so we dive to another urgent care center. Finally they allowed her in and got the prcess rolling.
Fortunatly she only had to get 'steri stripped'. 6 strips. her chin looks so funny all brown form the gluey stuff and a white 'goatee' of tape. She was sooo good, I am so proud of her.
Unfortunatly it started bleeding shortly after my husband headed back to work as we wer eating lunch, I made her sit and watch a movie, and have avoided real chewing since!
After the movie she finally decided it hurt, guess the initial numbing shock wore off, or else the swelling started up, I gave her some Ibuproffen and it seemed to reduce the whinyness, plus she took a nap.
And after all that, no I havn't met any of my goals! (well except buying, we already had the medicine) Though the day is not gone, I might manage something.
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after it was all over, about 6 months later she fell again on the same spot, split it open again and we just grabbed some butterfly tape strips and called it good enough. we decided the stitches weren't worth going through it again.
also, a couple years later, she fell off her bike and hit the same spot. she will simply always have a scar there.
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