Kate gets stitches...

Well...now we have proof that we have a daring bruiser on our hands. Kate got her first set of stitches (and hopefully her last) this past Saturday after taking a spill onto a wooden chair at our friend's Buckeye party. At first I panicked slightly inside after seeing my child's head gushing, but after some clean up and a band-aid, we made a calm call to Grandma Barb (aka nurse Barb) and then the pediatrician who advised we hold off 1/2 hour for some of the swelling to go down to determine if stiches were needed. During which time, Katelyn forgot the whole episode, walking around with a bandaid across her forehead, playing with the other kids and hamming it up with the adults.

At Children's, they were wonderful. No shot to numb the pain (thank God!) but a new gel to do the trick. We snagged some pics of Kate with the "gel" concoction/bandage on her head...they had to provide "extra" reinforcement as she kept tearing the band-aid off, so it looks worse than it really was. We couldn't help but laugh at how happy go lucky she was waltzing around the waiting room with a gash in her head. She did as well as a 1 year old who likes to be on the go, but had to be held down for stitches would do during a "quick" 4 minute procedure. And I wish you could have seen the look she gave the doc after the procedure was finished. In the nurses words...she wanted nothing to do with him! Anyways, here are a few pics to document the slightly traumatic stitches memory!