I bet you thought I was going to talk about this ER. Well I'm not.
I'm going to talk about this one. Or one similar to it. The ER is where my dad and later myself and Clark spent our Sunday afternoon. The ER of Kaiser Permanente Fontana to be exact.
This is Katelyn. The one who got hurt. We aren't really sure what happened. She stayed at my parents' house for the weekend and was having a fun time. We were to pick her up Sunday after church. I decided to call before we left and saw my dad had called us while we were at church, telling us he was taking Katelyn to the ER for a split lip. She was playing in the guest room with the toys all by herself and somehow hurt her lip requiring stitches. We rushed Laura to my mom and then we drove fast to from Rancho C. to Fontana to be with Katelyn. She was fine with them numbing her but freaked out before we got there when they tried to stitch it up. So they needed to sedate her. That was actually pretty funny watching it take effect. She was holding up her hand like she'd never seen it before. Clark had been getting the carseat from dad's car and came in when it took effect, he thought she was waving at him. "No dear. She has no clue you are here. She's waving at the imaginary people." ER doctor had a good laugh at that one. ER doc stitched her up so that she'd have minimal scarring. "She's a girl. Girls are self-conscience as they get older. I don't want her to look in the mirror one day and hate seeing a scar." He was really great with her. Now she had a busy weekend up til that point. So with the sedation, she fell asleep.......we had gotten to the ER at 3 p.m.....we didn't leave the ER til 7:15 p.m. I think she woke up around 6 p.m. But she spet the next hour very woozy and sick to her stomach. To be sent home, she needed to be sitting up and using that bathroom on her own. Well each time she sat up, we were reaching for the puke bucket or bags. Yes, that was one of the lovely side effects of the sedation. Poor baby. Finally the doctor okayed a medicine to ease the puking. It worked for us to get her to my parents' house. They watched the girls while we grabbed a bite to eat and then we headed home. It was a pretty long day. Not exactly the best way for a kid to end a fun weekend. Poor little gal. I felt so bad for her. But she's been a trooper though she feels icky.
Don't these pictures make you want to give her a great big hug? Poor baby.
Laura was very concerned about her sissy. She'd been looking forward to seeing Katelyn. She missed her while she was gone. We had to tell her that sissy hurt herself and that papa John took her to the hospital. So when she finally got to see Katelyn, Laura was being extra nice to her. On the way home I glanced back and saw this. So I had to take a picture. It just warmed my heart to see Laura had reached out to hold her big sister's hand while she slept. And to think this is the same little sister that's been tormenting her big sister for the last week and half just because she's so good at it.
I'm going to talk about this one. Or one similar to it. The ER is where my dad and later myself and Clark spent our Sunday afternoon. The ER of Kaiser Permanente Fontana to be exact.
This is Katelyn. The one who got hurt. We aren't really sure what happened. She stayed at my parents' house for the weekend and was having a fun time. We were to pick her up Sunday after church. I decided to call before we left and saw my dad had called us while we were at church, telling us he was taking Katelyn to the ER for a split lip. She was playing in the guest room with the toys all by herself and somehow hurt her lip requiring stitches. We rushed Laura to my mom and then we drove fast to from Rancho C. to Fontana to be with Katelyn. She was fine with them numbing her but freaked out before we got there when they tried to stitch it up. So they needed to sedate her. That was actually pretty funny watching it take effect. She was holding up her hand like she'd never seen it before. Clark had been getting the carseat from dad's car and came in when it took effect, he thought she was waving at him. "No dear. She has no clue you are here. She's waving at the imaginary people." ER doctor had a good laugh at that one. ER doc stitched her up so that she'd have minimal scarring. "She's a girl. Girls are self-conscience as they get older. I don't want her to look in the mirror one day and hate seeing a scar." He was really great with her. Now she had a busy weekend up til that point. So with the sedation, she fell asleep.......we had gotten to the ER at 3 p.m.....we didn't leave the ER til 7:15 p.m. I think she woke up around 6 p.m. But she spet the next hour very woozy and sick to her stomach. To be sent home, she needed to be sitting up and using that bathroom on her own. Well each time she sat up, we were reaching for the puke bucket or bags. Yes, that was one of the lovely side effects of the sedation. Poor baby. Finally the doctor okayed a medicine to ease the puking. It worked for us to get her to my parents' house. They watched the girls while we grabbed a bite to eat and then we headed home. It was a pretty long day. Not exactly the best way for a kid to end a fun weekend. Poor little gal. I felt so bad for her. But she's been a trooper though she feels icky.
Don't these pictures make you want to give her a great big hug? Poor baby.
Laura was very concerned about her sissy. She'd been looking forward to seeing Katelyn. She missed her while she was gone. We had to tell her that sissy hurt herself and that papa John took her to the hospital. So when she finally got to see Katelyn, Laura was being extra nice to her. On the way home I glanced back and saw this. So I had to take a picture. It just warmed my heart to see Laura had reached out to hold her big sister's hand while she slept. And to think this is the same little sister that's been tormenting her big sister for the last week and half just because she's so good at it.
4 comments:
Ok I totally love the bottom pix of the girls together....
It is so hard to deal with the injuries of our kids...but sounds like all went pretty well in the end...
Speedy recovery...
I love the pictures! What a doll..
I am sure that the scar will be small. PLUS, she will have lipstick to hide anything as she gets older!
(I have a place over my eye and eye shadow works wonders;p)
We just had stitches with one of ours too..NO FUN!
Oh sorry to hear Katelyn had to get stitches. Janice had them in just about the same place when she was 18 months old. In our case, Janice fell on a toy and split her lip pretty well. We took her to the doctor's office and they questioned us like we had something to do with the accident. Anyway, after we were cleared of causing the split lip they sewed her up under a local numbing agent. Today, she has very little scarring, in fact, it's hard to see but it's there all the same. As our doctor said, the mouth area heals quickly, so I hope the same is true for Katelyn. Give her a hug for me.
hey! so glad everything is ok... we've only done a couple of er visits... thank goodness!! hope she's doing well!
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