Last Sunday night, the boys were getting out some energy after being at home and at church all day, and running around the living room playing hot lava. Ryan fell as he was running and hit his head on the corner of our fireplace hearth (it’s about a foot high and a foot deep, made of tile). I picked him up and he laid his head on my shoulder, then Nate looked at Ryan’s forehead and realized there was a big gash that would need stitches :( We hurried and grabbed coats and shoes and headed to the ER (we tried urgent care first but they said he would need to be sedated, which they couldn’t do there). A couple hours in the ER, a little conscious sedation, and 11 stitches later (on the outside, plus more on the inside) he was looking much better. Fortunately, it didn’t bleed for very long (it had basically stopped by the time we got loaded in the car) and Ryan was really calm the whole time (except when they gave him the shot to sedate him). I won’t post the before picture in case it makes some of you queasy (these were all on our phones…not the best quality, but we at least have some record).
(okay, maybe a little before picture – they gave him some stickers but he was just lying really still and didn’t even hold them)
He got his stitches out on Friday and they said it seems to be healing well. He hasn’t been as bothered by it as I thought he would be – he has said a few times that “head hurt eal bad” but only tried to touch it a couple times. Hopefully it doesn’t leave too bad of a scar!
A couple other random things about Ryan: Last week Nate had to go somewhere and I was getting the kids ready for bed, and Ryan was really upset that Nate left – so he sat like this crying for about 10 minutes (this is the offending hearth that he’s sitting on – pic is again with my phone):
And finally – a little bit of happy Ryan. Apparently we’ve been going to a lot of sporting events lately.
5 comments:
Ry Ry looks like a very brave boy!
He is getting so big. He is like a little boy now. You should have maybe taken some of the doctor's sedation for later. Looks like that could come in handy.
I will remember sitting there waiting to skype as Grandma got more and more worried that something had happened -- sure enough Ryan had a huge gash in his head. Glad he is ok
So sad. I think Grace only had to have 3 when she fell - 11 is a lot. :(
Oh, sweet boy. He looks so brave. It's the worst to see your child hurting. I'm glad he's healing well.
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