I have been waiting for this day to happen, not that I wanted it to. Brayden and Dale were playing football and Brayden tripped and hit the couch, he cut his head open right above the eyebrow. Of course he immediately started crying and wanted his mom. I was cooking dinner and trying to get things ready for our ward halloween party when Dale brought him to me. He lifted his head off Dale's shoulder and there was a puddle of blood all over his nice shirt. Of course I panicked (and almost started crying), I knew he needed stitches so we called the doctor. I love after hours so we don't have to go to the ER!!!
After waiting for 20 minutes they got us back to the room and sure enough the doctor took one look and said they would be doing stitches. I wasn't really sure how I felt about my little boy getting poked with a needle right by his eye, but then they told me that they don't use needles. They have a new gel they rub all around the wound and it takes about 15 minutes and then it is numb, that is if someone comes in to put the gel on. Once the doctor left the room the nurse forgot about us and we waited for 20 minutes, the doctor came back in to get started to find out they hadn't even put the gel on.
They finally got it all numbed and he ended up with 5 stitches on the outside and a few on the inside. He was such a good little boy and he really didn't cry too much (that made it easier on mom and dad). I think he is proud of his wound because he wants to look in every mirror he walks by. I know that this is probably just the beginning of stitches and war wounds but I hope we have a big gap between them, I'm actually surprised we made it this long without stitches!!!