We got to have our first experience with stitches today! Paxton was at the babysitter's house and another little boy threw a matchbox car and it hit Paxton on the head. The cut was pretty small but he must have thrown it at just the right angle because it was about as deep as a head wound could go and as is typical with any head wound...it bleed a lot! I decided to take him to the doctor as a precaution and they determined that it needed to be stitched in order for it to heal properly and avoid infection.
Here is his head before stitches but after it had been cleaned off!
Because they couldn't (or didn't want to) give him a shot they numbed his head with some numbing gel. Unfortunately they had to do 4 applications of the gel and wait about 10 minutes in between each application...we had a lot of time to hang out at the doctors office!
We found a box of superhero bandaids to put on Paxton's owies...
and watched Despicable Me...one of our favorites!!
Finally they came in...stitched him up and we were good to go! He was such a brave boy and didn't even cry once...he was more concerned with his movie than what was going on with his head!
Afterwards we treated ourselves to a little lunch for a job well done!
*Note to Self...never call your husband and tell him his son got hit by a car and just needed a few stitches...he will panic!
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