We had an adventure last night. Caleb and Blake have been fighting a lot lately. Fists and palm smacking have been coming out. Well, I was getting Sunday dinner on the table and I heard Caleb shriek and then Jeff said, "Risae.....We have a hole in the head." I ran downstairs and sure enough, Caleb had a deep laceration in the middle of his forehead. I clamped my had over it. I told Dad to run and get a cold wet rag. (Caleb hit Blake, Blake then ran at Caleb in retaliation and Caleb fell and hit the corner of the coffee table.)
Katie and Kyle jumped into action. They helped get a wet rag, get his shoes on, got my shoes on while I held the rag to his head, and helped us to the car. Jeff knew right away that it was not a 1 parent job. We got to the emergency room. Caleb had been shaking with fear since it happened. I was worried he was going into shock.
They got us in a room. It took them a long time to irrigate the wound with the saline solution. It was hard for Caleb to lay still while they squirted water on his head. When the water went down over his closed eyelids, we had to take a few breaks. Then, they put a numbing gel on the wound and wrapped it with tape for 1/2 hour. Next, they came in and started prepping for the stitches. Every time they covered his face with the rag and grabbed his head to stabilize him, he turned and saw them prepping the syringe. I told them I was 100% sure he wouldn't be able to do this. They agreed. They came back in and gave him a shot in his leg with the anesthesia. (Oh-after I had to force feed him a dissolving zofran anti nausea pill). He feel asleep quickly and they went to work. He kept wiggling his hand where they put a heart monitor on his finger. I told them how sensitive his fingers are and shared my experiences with trimming his nails. They laughed and then said, "Hey, you should take advantage of the sedation and trim his nails now!" I looked in my purse and found some clippers. It was funny to see him still jerk his hands and feet around. They couldn't believe how he was still fighting that much while under the anesthesia.
He took a while to wake up and it was funny to see him try to rip off the finger monitor and heart pressure arm wrap. Then, we had to help him walk to the car because he was so wobbly. We got to bed around 10:30. I kept him home from school the next day because I was worried he'd be in a funky mood all day. He actually did great that day and went to school the following day. I am so grateful for those wonderful docctors and nurses who were so patient.
This year's Christmas chain needed to be different. I decided to make it out of very large strips of paper. Blake and Caleb had a great time helping me.
This was the only place we could hang it where it wouldn't hit the floor and we could still access the chain to cut off the last week.
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