I decided to make a special lunch for the kids after being inspired by this and this, and this. My kids don't do all that well with sharing food, so I used two separate 6 muffin tins to whip up their Muffin Tin Monday Lunch. They just loved the new look of lunch cupped in each little muffin hole. Just a fun, creative idea to change up serving food to the kiddos.
(Wheat thins, pear slices, red pepper strips with ranch, Cheddar cheese squares, Canadian bacon circles and cucumber slices).
Anyway, after a fun lunch I put the kids in bed for their rest time and settled down to check my email. Before I knew it, I heard a loud thump and screaming from Emilio's room. I ran to him and saw him doubled over on the floor crying hard (you know that it hurts when they can't keep their body still and are wriggling with pain). I expected to see some big lump protruding from his head but instead when he looked at me I saw blood covering his face. I cupped his face and ran him into the bathroom not knowing exactly what had happened. I used a wet washcloth to dab at his face and realized he had a deep gash above his left eyebrow and knew it would probably need stitches.
Now, I have heard stories about little boys and emergency rooms, but I wasn't sure when it would happen to me. I should have assumed it was only a matter of time considering Emilio's spirited personality and boundless energy. I called my friend Jaime to arrange dropping Gabi off (she lives right down by the hospital and figured it would be much easier to deal with Emilio without Gabi in tow). Jaime was grocery shopping with another friend of ours who happens to be a nurse, so I ran the kids down to the store where they were and dropped her off. Both of my friends took a look at Emilio and thought he should be seen as well and suggested I go to the Urgent Care instead of the ER (apparently they are notorious for keeping people waiting for hours since it is the closest hospital around). Emilio was still pretty upset and crying a lot (not sure if it was because of the pain, or because he was scared he would have to get shots after all). Anyway, we got to the Urgent Care around 2 and weren't seen until 4 or so. The doctor had the nurse numb Emilio's wound with a numbing solution and cotton ball instead of a shot which was also miraculous to Emilio. The doctor then came in to look at the cut again to determine whether he should glue or stitch it together. He decided that it was a pretty deep cut and went with the stitching. They put a drape over Emilio's face so he couldn't see what was going on and the nurse and I just kept asking him questions the whole time so that he would keep talking to distract him from the sewing that was going on. He had the nurse and the doctor giggling at many times with his stories and opinions on things. He was pretty cute. He was so proud of himself for being brave and frankly so was I. He not only got 4 cool Batman stickers from the nurse, but a blue Popsicle too. What a day. No swimming lessons for us this week as Emilio can't submerge the wound yet. It looks so much better now that it is stitched up with 5 nice little stitches. Too bad picture day is Thursday this week at preschool, but I guess it'll create a memory maker for us.
We picked up Gabi on our way home and my friend lovingly also brought us dinner.....I felt so blessed. What a day with my boy!
We still don't exactly know what he hit his head on as he tumbled out of bed for some reason. He wasn't sleeping yet so he must have been playing around. His bed has some pretty sharp corners though so it could have been one of those. John cleaned up the trail of blood from Emilio's room to the bathroom last night when he got home. It seemed Emilio's face and our clothes soaked up most of the blood though which was better than the carpet. I was exhausted last night after such a long afternoon but so thankful the injury wasn't worse, that Gabi was so easy going about being away from us for the day, and blessed for my friends who took such good care of her and me ultimately. We are very fortunate.
Oh, by the way, it was Cowboy Day at Preschool today. Here is Emilio in his "Western" gear.
