Stitches for Kaylin

Eric and I were downstairs getting ready to watch the NCAA National Championship basketball game when we heard a big crash. We weren't sure if it was inside or outside our house, we listened for a few seconds, and then continued our conversation. A few seconds later we heard crying upstairs and Eric raced up the stairs. We found Kaylin standing at the top of the stairs with a bloody chin. She said she was jumping on her bed (which she is NOT supposed to do) and fell and hit her chin on the bed frame. After getting it cleaned up a little, we realized that she would need stitches.

Thankfully Eric's mom was able to run over to watch Lauren while Eric and I took Kaylin to urgent care.

The triage nurse taped gauze to Kaylin's face. We immediately had to find a mirror so Kaylin could check it out. The waiting area had toys and a TV, so Kaylin played while we watched the basketball game.

After lots of waiting, we were finally taken back to an examination room. We finished the basketball game. They were finally able to see us. They numbed Kaylin's chin and then left for 20 minutes for it to be fully numb.

They put this diaper around her head when they cleaned her chin to absorb the saline they flushed it with.

They gave her the "squirt gun" they used to flush her chin.

All clean and ready to stitch.

They were able to use glue to close it up. They also put three steri-strips on with some brownish-yellow glue. They will be on for 1.5-2 weeks, possibly longer.

All finished.

Once again, we had to go find a mirror so Kaylin could see her chin.

Eric got Kaylin an ice cream bar. She was excited to eat it when we got home. She also reminded us that she didn't have dinner, so at 10:45pm she had a butter sandwich... just bread and butter, yum. She was finally in bed around 11.

Kaylin did so well during the whole thing. She barely complained and was super patient. We were at urgent care for over 3 hours and she did great.

Now we get to wait to see what kind of a scar this is going to leave.

And hopefully she won't jump on her bed again.