First Stitch

We were back from our vacation for less than 12 hours & had to take Howie to the hospital for his first stitch. We came home to a house with no food, so it was off to the grocery store. Howie, being his usual energetic self, was running & fell face first into the front of the shopping cart. I was on the other side of the store getting something we had forgotten. On my way back to the cart I see Nick carrying a crying, bloody Howie. Nick was holding the gash on Howie's chin with his thumb, & Howie's nose was bleeding & already swelling up. Nick took our poor little man to the bathroom to clean him up, & I didn't know what else to do but finish our shopping. I went to the checkout line, & Nick brought Howie out with most of the bleeding stopped. Thankfully, it wasn't severe, so we didn't have to drop everything & run to the hospital. We took our groceries home & quickly put away the cold stuff. The cut was too big to be glued closed, so he had to have a stitch. The doctor put some medicine on it to numb it, but he said it still might hurt to have it stitched up. Howie had to be wrapped up in a sheet like a little burrito, which was bad enough in itself. We had explained to him what was going to happen & that it might hurt, & we promised him McDonald's & an ice cream sandwich. We were so proud of our tough little man! He laid right there & didn't squirm or cry a bit while they held his head & stitched his chin. I guess the numbing medicine worked better than expected. We're going tomorrow to have his stitch taken out. It looks like it healed up really well. We are so thankful that it wasn't any worse!

stitch in chin






















swollen/bruised nose