William fell over whilst dancing in the shower (despite being told all the time, not to!) last night and split his chin open. It was a very cold and wet night in Melbourne last night, so the last thing we wanted to do was drive to the Emergency department!
We arrived at 7pm, and got triaged straight away and then 20 minutes later saw a doctor. But because William had had his dinner at 6.30pm, we had to wait abut 3 hours before they could give him the gas to put the stitches in!! So off to the kids playroom to wait!! We got chatting to a mum who was waiting for her son to have stitches in his head from hitting the coffee table, so the boys played happily for ages.
Finally at 9.40pm, William is ready for the gas. He chooses strawberry flavour for the inside of his mask, holds the mask to his face for a practice with oxygen, then continues to hold it with the doctor while they turn the gas on and get him ready for his stitches. Paul and I have taken bets - Paul 2 stitches, me 4 stitches. So 4 stitches later (Yeh Mummy you won!) William holds the mask like a professional, no tears at all, and he lies very still. When it's all over he sits up with a big smile on his face and wants to look in the mirror! back to the waiting room for the paperwork and cream for his chin and he and Paul play games, and William is dancing around the room - it's now after 11pm!!
I didn't think I should take shots of the procedure but here are a few from our latest hospital visit.
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| Waiting to the see the doctor with the bandage Daddy put on. |
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| In the Kids playroom, waiting, and waiting. Watching Wallace & Gromit |
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| The bandage the doctor put on with bears on it, and an anesthetic |
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| Still waiting for my dinner to digest! |
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| My four stitches |
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| All finished - the brave boy ready to go home |
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| Playing games with Daddy waiting for the doctor to send us home |
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