Nothing like a trip to the ER

Last Sunday night was one that ended with a trip to the ER for Connor. It happened right after bath time I walked out of his room for a SECOND and the next thing I hear is my baby screaming. Now you must know that Connor can be clumsy at times, but he's a tough cookie and NEVER complains when he gets hurt. So you can imagine how quickly this mommy took off to investigate. I rushed in his room and he was holding his head. I asked what happened and he said he hit his bed then asked if he was bleeding and when he moved his hand there was blood lots of blood streaming down the side of his face. When I saw his head it was so deep I instantly thought "oh boy it needs stitches". I dashed for the closest rag I could grab to put pressure on his head and got him dressed and off we went to the ER. I called for my support system mom and his Nana. Thank God they came, b/c I was feeling woozy and freaking out on the inside. I came to find out though that eventhough I was dying inside I handle crisis situations in a very calm manner. On the way to the ER Connor was crying and afraid, but M&M's brought by Nana seemed to make him forget he was scared and in pain. He insisted on me showing him what it looked like so I took a picture and showed him. His response: "it looks like a bullet hole"...boys!The worst part was when they had to numb it b/c it was a cold liquad that made it burn really bad so he was not happy at that point. The doctor that stitched him up was amazing and Connor had no idea that he had gotten stitches. He handled the whole situation like a trooper and was even smiling as his head was being repaired. His poor head was still bleeding up to the point of getting his stitches I thought it would never stop! The doctor put a bandaid on it which was not a fun thing to remove the next day so we could put neosporin on it:( He quickly ran to the mirror to see his head....this was his reaction:

"oh my gosh what is that in my head?"
Me: a string bandaid(b/c that's what the doctor called it)
Connor: " they sewed my head with a needle"
Me: silence...
Connor: "those are stitches"

Just so you know his reaction was quite funny and eventhough he was trying to come across as upset you could see it in his little face that he thought it was pretty cool.

So the next and final step is getting those stitches out on Tuesday! Fingers crossed he won't freak out.

All in all the whole experience was emotional and crazy, but he was so good through the whole thing. I sure hope this doesn't happen again...but he is a boy so who knows what's in store?

Until the next time....