When Liam gets out of the bath tub he will plant his foot on the side of the bathtub and then jump out. Well our prophesied moment came true. We'd tell him, rather sternly, to not do that because he could fall....and fall he did! With a slip of the foot, wham!, his chin hit the porcelain side. At first I though he just bit his lip or tongue, but I found no blood. So I cautiously looked under the chin and there it was, a deep gash.
I scooped him out and took him to the kitchen for a closer look. I left a sobbing, scared Brianne, to which Connor and Cailin promptly took care of.
Once in the light of the kitchen I found that it was somewhat deep, I just wasn't sure if it was deep enough for stitches. Barry was out with Delaney visiting his parents. I called and beckoned him to come home. He didn't think a visit to ER was needed but inlisted the help of our neighbor, a nurse,to see what she thought. She looked at it and thought we could handle it at home....thankfully after a bit of peroxide, bacitracin, steri-strips, and bandages...plus some movie time cuddling with me while watching Signing Time, all was well...without an 8 hour wait and a $500.+ bill. It's been two weeks and he's scratched it, touched, pulled at it enough that the steri strips weren't able to hold it completely so now his scar will be bigger, but all is well, all is well.
And does he jump out of the bath tub now? you ask, We still have to remind him not to, but at least he listens and climbs out properly! Good boy. What a treasure this one is to me.
Sometimes they just like to learn the hard way. He really can't help it, he is Liam!!!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, sorry for the pain...but he's still as good looking as ever!
ReplyDeleteBoys will be boys! Zack had face-plant injuries two weeks in a row! At least it's under his chin so any scar won't be too noticeable. And Lauren is right, he's still a cutie!
ReplyDeleteit was his fault and he knows it, too. He's a really annoying brother
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