Are You Kidding Me?????

Are you kidding me is the first thing I thought when I saw the gash on Jackson's leg. He was playing with the neighbors in their backyard as he's done tons of times and he fell and cut open his knee. It was a total accident, but man, we just went through this! So I tried to clean it up among the screaming and wailing. Wow, that's a pretty big cut I thought. So I called Kenny who was at the car place getting my car inspected. I wasn't sure if it needed stitches or not. He came right home and took a look. He wasn't sure either, but thought we better go to the ER. SO, I called my sister-in-law who is a pediatric nurse (thank God!) and she came right over. As soon as she saw it, she mouthed the word STITCHES to me. UGH, NOT what I wanted to hear.

So we were off! We dumped Jordan on Aunt Carla (thanks again!). And we made our way to the St. Luke's ER AGAIN. When the receptionist asked if we had been there before, Kenny and I looked at each other and chuckled. UMMM, Yes, about a month ago. So back to the same room we went. This is the third time Jack has been in that room. All for stitches! The doctor, different than last time, took one look and agreed that stitches were the solution. Kenny told the nurses and doctor to bring back-ups because last time was a nightmare. Luckily, this time, the doctor ordered a med that relaxed Jack a little bit. It didn't sedate him, but boy did it relax him. I really need some of that!!!

Here he is reading a book waiting for the doctor to come in.


After 30 minutes or so of numbing medicine, in came the team. 3 nurses and the doctor. Jackson was involved in his game on the iTouch. Let me just say that that little piece of electronics is a GODSEND!!! I'm not sure what the silver bullet was, but he was totally different this time. Don't get me wrong, there was still kicking, thrashing and yelling, but not near as much as last time. He focused on his game most of the time. It was AMAZING! So, seven stitches later, we were done. And no one was sweating buckets. Imagine that!
After the procedure. Still playing his game...



So for being such a trooper, Jackson got the new Star Wars III Wii game. He's been playing ever since. Here he is with Daddy.


So let's thank God that it wasn't worse. And let's pray that we won't be back there any time soon.