Today was the day I set aside to get a lot of work done, so of course I knew in the back of my mind I needed to prepare myself for something to happen to prevent that from happening. I thought for sure Keenan would get sick today, but no, I had gone down to our cafeteria with one of my friends for just a few minutes. When I went back to my desk our admin for our floor was at my desk, leaving me a note, she said I needed to call my son's daycare. I just thought to myself, of course, the one time I stepped away from my desk and I did not bring my cell phone I was pelted with all sorts of calls. I called Eli's classroom and one of Eli's teachers had told me that Eli had fallen into the door at school and he is probably going to need stitches. They said Eli reacted more because he was scared, and another teacher was applying pressure to stop the bleeding. My poor baby. I gathered my stuff, called his doctor to find out if they did stitches, called Aaron to let him know what was going on, and sent an email to my team to let them know where I was going to be.
I arrived at Eli's school and Eli was sitting down with his teacher, Tina. Tina was holding a washcloth to his head, and poor Eli had this huge gash to his forehead. It is about 3 cm long and about .5 cm deep, I could see bone, so I knew he had to go to the ED. I opted for the Children's Mercy South, because we had been there before and it was close to my office and Aaron's office and they do an exceptional job! I'm so glad they were able to stop the bleeding at school. I rushed to the ED and it was pretty empty, so we were seen right away. Eli was already acting like himself. He was excited to see all their books and toys. Then Aaron arrived soon after we did.
They put lidocaine gel inside and around his wound, and we had to wait about 30 minutes for it to kick in. They had a Child Life Specialist who's job is to play with the kids when procedures are performed and distracts them with toys or blowing bubbles, pretty much anything to keep them content. They put Eli in this contraption where they can wrap him up like a burrito so he can't kick or move around too much. I sat on the bed with him and held his hands, while the nurse held his head, Pete, the Child Life Specialist was blowing bubbles and talking to Eli, and Aaron was also helping distract Eli. The doctor was at the head of the bed putting in the stitches. We had "Thomas and Friends" playing on TV, so that helped too. Eli was so brave, I was so proud of him. They said he was the best two year old they had seen in a while. Eli had 2 internal stitches and 9 external stitches.
I received lots of support from my friends and family. Nicholas and Jake even came by tonight to give Eli some 'Get Well' balloons and cookies, and Nana even came over to put him to bed. I know I have to prepare myself for these kind of injuries with 2 boys, but I hope it does not happen very often! I'm just glad he's ok!
(This picture was taken in the ED after they put the lidocaine on)
3 comments:
Poor Eli! That's so sad. It makes me hurt just looking at it. I can't believe it was so deep. He must have been at full speed towards the door. I hope he's doing better today. Solomon has his "My Dad Rocks" shirt on today, but hopefully there will not be a head wound for him as well. I'm glad he did well at the hospital. How cool is that, that they have someone to comfort kids during procedures? Give Eli a hug for me.
Oh my gosh!!! Wow, sounds like he handled it really well though. Everything you said was exactly what we went through w/ Carina - w/ the burrito wrap and the child specialist trying to distract her. Except the part you left out that pertained to me was that I was sitting in the hallway balling as I was listening to Carina scream "Mommy! Mommy!". lol. I'm glad the drama is over. Hope the rest of your week is calm.
Cherie, that scares the crap outta me! I know that stuff happens to everyone...but it's still scares me. You did handle it so well, and so did Eli. I would probably be out in the hallway crying like Lindi! Hope he's feeling much better. Gus ran into the door going about 100 mph a week or so ago, but thankfully he didn't break the skin. I seriously thought he had a concussion at first...these kids!
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