First and Hopefully Last Stitches

***I am still way behind on my blog so this happened about 6 months ago***

April 15, 2011

I hate writing this story, but I know one day Landry will want to know how he got his first stitches. On April 15, 2011, Landry was playing peek-a-boo with a big blanket and having lots of fun putting the blanket over his head. Then he started walking with the blanket over his head, tripped on the blanket, and hit his forehead on the edge the end table. Thankfully, Daddy was already home and was the first to get to Landry. He pulled the blanket off his head and told me in a calm voice, "Don't freak out, just get the diaper bag ready to go to the hospital." He had split his forehead open and we could tell he would need stitches. We put a towel on it and applied pressure to stop the bleeding. Landry had already stopped crying before we were in the car. He was taking it really well and I was too, thanks to Daddy!

On the way to Cooks ER... all smiles. This is gross, but when he would talk, the cut would open and close.

At the ER... they were getting him ready for stitches.

He got to watch lots of Caillou on Daddy's phone. His favorite was Caillou Fireman and he kept yelling "Caillou Fireman!" This was not phasing him.

Still not worried. Mason was also with us and he was more antsy than Landry.

Then they put him on a papoose board. It looks like torture, but it was SO necessary for him to sit still for the stitches. He actually had no problem with this.

Daddy gave him a kiss before the stitches began. They had to put a sheet of thin paper over his face with an opening by his mouth and where the stiches would be...and this he was not ok with. The screaming began :( They gave him a numbing shot and were ready to begin. An off duty fireman that was there checking people in came back to help keep Landry still. He could barely keep him still. Landry screamed the whole time and his face was bright red. I felt horrible seeing him go through it, but I knew he needed the stitches. After the stitches, they gave him a popsicle and the fireman found him some firetruck stickers that he loved.

Here are his three stitches. Somehow he lost one of his stitches after the first night.

April 17, only 2 day after his accident. Already looking alot better.

Only 2 days after his stitches he ran right behind his cousin that was swinging a plastic golf club and he got another bump. This was on his left eye. He looked like he got in a fight :)

April 21... Much better!!

It has really healed great. Since his accident, we moved the coffee table out of our living room. It was the end table that he hit, but we thought the coffee table would be the most likely cause of another accident. Also, Landry now uses the term "hospital trip" alot. If Mason is doing something dangerous, like standing on a chair, Landry will say, "That's a hospital trip." If we tell him to stop doing something, like jumping on the couch, he says "Is that a hospital trip??" We are glad he is starting to realize what types of things are dangerous. One last thing that has changed since his accident...we are very weary of blankets, especially if they want to put them over their head.