Stapled

Ever have a dvd player fall off a shelf and nail you on the head? Poor Andrea did. In fact, the whole shelf came unattached from the wall and the darn thing bonked her squarely on the noggin. She must have seen stars. I got the call at work - MOM! Help - what do I do?

Head wounds bleed profusely. First thing is to apply pressure and try to get the bleeding to stop. Kiel did have to snip a bit of hair out of the way. It took a long time but once they were able to see the actual damage, it was fairly deep and long. They tried butterfly bandages, but that wasn't holding well. Finally they determined they should go to the ER and get some stitches.

They would have gone to Urgent Care, but that had already closed. There was no help for it. They took iPods to help with what turned out to be a 9 and a half hour stretch of waiting, despite the fact that they could see no one else in the place. In the end, they think the nurses thought they might be dealing with a case of domestic violence. They kept asking how the injury happened.

When the doctor finally did show up, he was rather gruff. Told her it would hurt just as much if he gave her Novocaine as to just put the staples in. She was so tired by that time that she just said put the darn staples in. Two ended up being three just because the doctor's trigger finger stuttered.

What a horrible way to begin a fresh new week, and one of break at that. Poor baby. Definitely a week to forget.