Stitches

Here is a cute picture of Norah! She is walking a lot more and taking more risks. She was not really taking a big risk today, but we ended up in the ER! Here is the story...

We were at our friend Branden's house visiting and Norah was crawling all around and walking a little and at one point she tripped and fell right into the corner of his speaker and hit her head really hard right between her eyes.

I immediately picked her up and her head starting bleeding really bad and running down her face. She turned her head into my arm and when Josh got there with a cloth and she turned her head, he soaked up the blood and then realized that the cut was pretty deep and said we need to go to the hospital.

He took her at that point and Branden and I gathered our things and tried to figure out where the closest ER was. It turned out to be two streets away. By the time we got to the car at his apartment her head had stopped bleeding and she was not really crying anymore. Branden drove us to the ER,dropped us off at the front door and parked the car.

The nurse and doctor quickly assessed her and said that they would need to clean the cut, then put some numbing liquid on her forehead that Josh would have to hold there for 15 minutes. They would then need to put her in a papoose, which is basically a board with thick velcro straps that wrap around and hold her in place so they can put some stitches in.

Norah did not cry at all while the numbing stuff was being held to her forehead. She got a little frustrated that her arms were being held down, but that was it.

It was past time for her bottle, food, she had a full diaper and had not had a nap, but she did not make a peep. She did great!

Before they put her in the papoose they wrapped a sheet around her chest with her arms bound inside and then put her in the papoose and she acted like it was her favorite thing. She just layed there and sucked on her pacifier and watched the doctor. The doctor had Josh hold a towel type thing with a hole in the center at a slant so that Norah could see him but she could not see the doctor. The nurse held Norah's head and I just kinda had my hands on her legs so that she felt comforted, or maybe so I felt comforted...who knows!

The doctor started stitching and Norah just layed there and did nothing. At one point she started to fall asleep! She got 7 stitches and will need to get them out on friday. We need to wash her wound 3 times a day and apply some neosporin. I asked if I should stay home from work for a week just to be sure she was ok and the doctor did not really go for my trick! ;)

Have no fear friends I captured the whole thing with pictures!!!! I know that's what you really want anyways!

This is when we got to our Triage room at the ER and were waiting for the nurse and doctor. You can see the blood on her fleece hoodie if you look close.

Close up of the wound.

Norah in the papoose! She looked so cute but it broke your heart at the same time.

The doctor and nurse were so great with her!

Minutes later it was over!

Norah being carried by her buddy Branden to the car!

Norah loved her new bracelet!

Now what do good Americans do when times are crazy and you are thankful nothing worse happened? You go to McDonalds!!!!
It turns out that we were right near the corporate office of McDonald's and the McDonald's that is right next door is pretty sweet and that it was!

We made a new friend!

Here's Branden taking care of Norah while mom and dad pull themselves together after everything that just happened. Nothing that fries can't fix!

We were so thankful that Branden was with us. He was lots of help!