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Kate gets stitches...

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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 th