Ouch, Tears & Stitches

Basically as soon as Matt left for his fishing trip, I spent the evening in the ER with Clarissa.
About 6 p.m. Friday, November 14th, Clarissa fell and sliced her forehead open. I couldn't believe it. I was home with all the kids and within two hours of Matt being on an airplane I was panicking as I saw that Clarissa had just injured herself. I took Danny with me so he could hold the towel to her head in the car. I had Jake stay with the other kids. Thanks to Tom and Michele for coming over to stay with the kids while I sat in the ER with her.
When they numbed her at the hospital, they used a cotton ball with medicine and just taped it to her forehead. Yeah, no shots!! When they were stitching her up, they placed the blue sterile hospital towels around her. The one they placed on her face had a hole in it so they could see the wound. The doctor couldn't believe that Clarissa was watching her stitch it up. We calmed her down be asking what color of popsicle she wanted when she was finished.
Four hours, 2 stitches and $100 later, I brought Clarissa home, gave her some Tylenol and put her in my bed. I was told to watch her every 2-3 hours through the night so I figured since I was already dead on my feet, it would be best to have her in my room. She did really well through it all.
On Thursday, November 20th, Clarissa went back to the ER to have her stitches removed. Overall, she did fairly well. She was a little freaked out when she saw the nurse holding little scissors near her face. We reassured her that she wouldn't feel a thing and it would be just like when mommy trims her bangs. That seemed to calm her enough for the nurse to do the two little snips and all was done.
(The pictures were taken on Sunday evening and on Thursday at the ER.)