Okay.. so once again you get to be entertained by my version of the story ;).. got a frantic call on the way out of Elders Quorum meeting from the wife that (and this is what I heard) Ella had fallen off the couch and had a big bleeding gouge on her head and Chrisitine didn't know if she was going to need stitches .. please get home.. NOW. .. okay.. so I fly home burst open the door..
theres the wife on the edge of the couch breastfeeding.. semanee on the other end watching a show and Ella shay just smiling up at me from the couch.. and I was like "HUH"? to which the wife told me to walk around and look at the other side of ella shays mouth..
HUGE gash through her entire upper lip.. it was split apart to the point where it looked like it may never get back together.. well.. first things first.. call Koshar.. ;) took a few pics.. there was question of worry as to whether this consittuted an emergency room visit or just a painful natural heal.. after showing her to Debbie , we got the bad (but good) news that this was indeed an emergency room worthy injury.. because the cut had breached the vermillion (sp?) border.. that ridge between your upper lip and the actual skin. Which if it didn't get fixed could adversly affect her smile. So off we went.. just me and ella to the er.. at mayo..
we get there and its just happy smiley ella.. except for her constant picking at her mouth making it bleed...
we go in to start the admittance process and she starts freaking.. from the nurse trying to listen to her heart, to the temperature to weighing in.. EVErything. and from her perspective I can understand .. she had been to the Doctor and it usually ended in shots.. which hurt.!
well we get into a room an hour later.. and then wait in the room for another hour.. (by the way.. emergency room was EMPTY)... and you can imagine.. tired little 22month old.. going stir crazy and I'[m running out of entertainment Ideas.. sleep out of the question... lol..
finally the doc comes and tells me the process for what they have to do to repair it..
and they bring in a baby back board with Straps.. and im thinking to myself.. great.. she's gonna remember this night for the rest of her life.. how her dad took her out for a drive and she ended up in pain in the hospital...
she did well though.. she freaked out.. top of the lungs.. sting me to the soul screaming.. tearing up.. the doctor jabbin in the local anithestic with a needle.. and then ella just went calm.. didn't squirm.. didn't move and just let the doctor do her thing.. two black stitches to the skin above the lip and a few dissolvable ones to the lip itself and she was unstrapped... I put my arms out to her half expecting her to hate me for the trauma and she jumped right into my arms and snuggled up to me.. tears again.. grateful ones.. and we were released. on the way out she was thanking everyone and blowing kisses. Her lip is healing well.. I just keep hoping the doc got it straight.. her smile that is.... but since then she won't leave those lil itchy stiches alone I tell you what.. Sunday or monday they come out.. yeah..
4 comments:
oh poor Ella. She sounds like she was a trooper though.
Poor baby. Wouldn't it be nice if kids didn't have to go through these things? It sounds like you guys kept a level head which is always lovely in a trauma situation! Post a photo when her stitches come out.
Holy Cow! My heart is aching just hearing about the trauma! Poor kid! Never fun to watch you kiddo go through something scary. I sure hope her lip heals well. No matter what, she'll always have a beautiful smile! Just teach her that guys dig scars! Ian has been taught that chiks dig scars! lol!
Glad things turned out well, but I find it hard to believe that you ran out of entertainment ideas! :-)
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