It all started on the Saturday evening of April 24th. We had a fun day and were winding down the days festivities of yard work, cleaning the garage, and playing outside. When I decided since it's Saturday I'll throw McKinley in the tub while the other two pick up their toys and put them away, then they can have a bath and then dinner and off to bed by 8:30! Fabulous!
So I send Daniel to the Jr. High to the recycle dumpsters, since our paper recycling box is overflowing.
I barely get McKinley's naked body in the tub, when Madison comes in and tells me Carter is hurt. Now those of you who know Carter, this is an every 20 minute phrase...mom, me hurt myself....dad, me hurt myself.....and you get the picture. So I tell Madison, he's fine, just tell him to jump up and brush it off.
She replies with...No mom, he's really hurt.
Madison! he'll be fine, I'm giving McKinley a bath, he'll be okay.
No mom, he's bleeding.....and that's when I hear the wailing!
He comes around the corner into the bathroom and he is spurting blood from his face! I'm serious..it was SPURTING! Those of you who know me, this is the time that I pass out and come to thinking it was all a dream. No, I was BRAVE! I grab a towel and shove it on to his face...(Daniel later chastises me for grabbing a huge bath towel, but hey I wasn't thinking..."let me get a washcloth, that will be easier to transport" at least I wasn't on the floor!) I hand Madison my cell phone and tell her to call dad. I pick Carter up and try calming him down, but that's a no go. So I take him down the stairs and set him on the porch and tell him to watch for Daddy. Meanwhile Madison is telling Daniel to come home and I'm screaming at her to tell him to come home NOW! And yes McKinley is alone in the tub. I race back upstairs grab another towel, dry her off, grab some jammies and am shoving her little body into them as fast as possible when Daniels screeches to a halt in the front of the house.
He tells the kids to load into the car. He grabs a washcloth and exchanges our extra long bath towel for it. I throw McKinley in her seat and strap her. Madison is being so brave and is talking to Carter. And we head to the hospital with Carter going pale in my arms. On the way Daniel asks if I called my mom?....what you think I thought of that, no I am freaking out! I'm not thinking ahead of what we are going to do with the two girls! Sheesh, I'm barely standing myself!
Needless to say my knight in shining armor came to the rescue and whisked us off to the hospital, called my mom, and handled the blood, so I didn't have to. My Hero!
Daniel drops me and Carter off at the door for Davis Hospital...(BIG mistake...never go there!)and goes to park the car while we get checked in. As soon as we have shut the door Madison bursts into tears. She is so worried about Carter! And she held out her brave face until we weren't there, how sweet is that?!
My mom meets us at the emergency room. And her and my sisters talk to Carter and then take the two girls home. I'm so thankful for them and being there so they weren't traumatised anymore than they already were. (Poor Madison!)
We wait and wait and wait, and finally they call us back. When the doctor finally comes in most of the bleeding (spurting) has stopped and we are watching TV. The rest I don't know about, it's just what Daniel has told me because I knew he would have to have stitches and I knew I couldn't handle it, so I left and stood out in the hallway...not a fabulous choice since I could hear him screaming and crying, but at least I didn't have to watch it.
So while I'm in the hallway, the doctor gives him a shot to numb it and it's also to make it stop bleeding. Well it did just the opposite, it made it start bleeding again! Daniel is having to lay on top of him so that the doctor could make tiny stitches so it wouldn't leave a train track scar on his face. The nurse is trying to blot away the blood, which has begun spurting again. Finally, it seemed like an eternity, I'm allowed back into the room. However they had not cleaned up so there was a TON of bloody gauze's strewn allover. And there sits Carter sobbing in his daddy's arms. I'm feeling slightly queasy, since we hadn't eaten, and from all the blood and trauma.
Yes we are finally leaving the hospital at 11:30pm! What a night. Yet to only have it continue into today!
As we were being discharged we asked if we needed to clean it or what care needed to be taken to prevent infection. The doctor said none, lacerations and sutures on the face rarely get infected because our face is clean.
Have you ever met a 3 year old with a clean face!?!?
So today I was concerned after I got home from work because his stitches were oozing blood. So I called our pediatrician, and he said they shouldn't be oozing blood and to go back to the emergency room to have it taken care of.
So my sisters come and get the girls again, and I call Daniel and let him know what's going on, and my mother accompanies me to the hospital with Carter.
Carter is terrified! Sobbing that he doesn't want to go to the doctor's again. We get into a room, and this time we have a different doctor, but the same nurse. The nurse was wonderful, he apologized and was so sorry that we were back in again. The doctor comes and looks at it, and says it looks fine and sutures tend to ooze a little since you basically stab little holes in your skin from stitching them up. Then he puts his finger in Carter's mouth and presses against his stitches. Then he squeezes with his other hand on the outside of Carter's mouth right along his stitches. And then he pushes and squeezes at the same time and pops out the infection like a zit! This huge amount of pus springs from his face, Carter is screaming, I barely make it to a chair before all the color drains from my face and I collapse. My mom is holding Carters hands and the nurse is helping hold Carter's head still as the Doctor continues to push and squeeze until all the infection is out. He then gives us a prescription for an antibiotic, and tells us to come on Saturday to remove the stitches instead of Friday. Since there was infection he should keep the stitches a day longer.
This was a horrible experience to say the least. We had the home teaches come over to give Carter a blessing Sunday night and Carter went into a fit, crying that he didn't want the doctor to touch him. I feel so bad for my little guy.
It came to a total of nine stitches.
How did he do this, you ask? Well from what Madison and he has told us (remember that neither parent saw what happened) He was running toward the house and tripped and slammed his face into the cement steps leading in to the house.
So here's the pics....
We tease that he looks like the Joker
He is not happy that I am taking pictures, but it's a first and probably not the last.
My brave little guy!
So that was our exciting weekend, which I never want to repeat, ever! He's a trooper, and has had moments (very few...so far) that he thinks it's cool to have stitches. Maybe in a few days it will be cool.
Until the next post.....we'll try to stay safe :)
For work they gave us some appreciation. The district hooked up with Boondocks and if you were a Davis County School District employee got free admission with an Ultimate pass. This includes laser tag, mini golf, bumper boats, batting cages, kiddie cove, go-karts, slick track and rookie go carts and a fun card that had $5 on it to spend in the arcade. It also gave a 20% discount to my family. So dad took the day off work and we went at about 10am to play the day away. So it was my mom and dad, Karen, Lindsay(for a while) Daniel, me, Madison, Carter, McKinley and then Rollan and Sam came at about 5. 
That's what we were #1...woot woot! 
Here's Raurrgh showing his Grrr face! 
And Daniel, there's really no explaining him 
And they're off! 
Away we go! 
Go Grandma and Madison! 
And it's a fight around the bend... 
Kinney was left in the dust...Boondocks really isn't that much fun if you are under the age of 3 
Carter really wanted to go on the bumper boats, even though it was over cast so we didn't warm up all to quickly 
Get him! 
I love it that they have matching mischievous grins 
Grandpa and Kinney hanging out! 
Where'd she go?! 
So sweet! 
This was the rookie slick track and we convinced (told) Madison to go on it. She didn't want to drive by herself. 
She's a little nervous 
But see...mom and dad were right...she could do it...and look at her go! 
After a while it was on to the great sport of miniature golfing! 
keep your arms straight and eye on the ball. 
Yes, yes you do see correctly, that is Randy Julander carry a golf club! 
Now it's Grandma's turn 
And Carter was our expert....basically you dodged when it was his turn at bat! 
And of course Daniel...the pro! 
We were right next to the train track...it was pretty loud but the kids thought it was cool! 
Yes the signs say don't go beyond the signs, and yes Rollan is behind the signs, but he was making sure it went in so we could get a picture of the fire that blows out the top of its head....and no we couldn't get a picture of it, it was too quick! :( 
Next it was on to the arcade to spend our $5 each! To see my parents doing this was hilarious... 
This was Kinney's favorite! Around and round we go! 
This was another big hit. Everyone had to try it 
first up Madison and Raurrgh 
Then Carter and Sam 
And Grandpa and Grandma 
Karen and I got hooked on dancing 
and yes I kicked her butt! :) 
It was such a fun and long day we left at about 11pm completely exhausted!
