Anyway...to say I'm used to getting the "Riley's okay! He just got a bump on the noggin' doing X, Y or Z" call at least every other week would be an understatement! But this time was different! Michele said he had fell running and busted his lip pretty bad, bad enough that they felt I needed to come take him to the dr. So I grabbed the card I had in my hand and made my way to Sloan to get my little man!
On the way there, I called Kelly to tell him. And it made me recall the first time Riley busted his lip. It was last year maybe...and he somehow did it on a can in our pantry, and of course Kelly wasn't home! I told Kelly I was going to get there to pick Riley up at school today, and the cut wasn't going to be as bad as that one! And I DIDN'T take him to the dr that time! :( Bad Mommy!
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| The First Boo Boo from a year or so ago. |
Anyway - I get to school...and it was what I thought! It didn't "appear" to be as bad as this one..there definitely wasn't as much blood shed, but it was already swollen and puffy so it was hard to tell. He was such a big, strong boy too! When he saw me he almost started crying just because he saw me...then he just went right into telling me the story of how it all went down.
Mommy, I was running and I fell in the Home Center area and cut my lip on the sharp clothes rack. Just nonchalant as could be! Michele from the school said he was totally calm about it - held ice on it and told her how it happened..then agreed he should go have the dr take a look at it! That was until I said specifically Dr. Jim! Then he had a quick change of heart!
Anyway, Riley wanted Daddy so we called Kelly to meet us at Dr. Jim's so we could get it checked out. Dr. Jim said it was our call, but our options were a bit of a scar which will probably ultimately heal, or take him to a plastic surgeon for somewhere between 5-10 itty bitty plastic surgery stitches. Of course, Kelly quickly said I could go by myself! He's a BIG guy that's scared to death of needles so anything requiring that-I'm on my own! Dr. Jim said they wouldn't put him out, but they'd strap him down in this papoose thing that would hold his head, shoulders, and arms down so they could stitch him up. He said since the cut goes across the outline of the lip, and it was already swollen - like the one above pretty much - it would require plastic surgery closure to ensure there wouldn't be a dimple or a bad alignment that could ultimately make his lip line crooked.
Kelly said - he's a boy! Scars are cool! So we opted for the "boy scar"! I figured what do I know..I'm the Mom! And the thought of him being strapped down didn't appeal much to me either!
Kelly stayed with Riley at home so I could go to the going away lunch and take the gifts, then I came and worked from home for the afternoon. Riley pretty much slept most of the afternoon though and didn't eat much the rest of the day. Bless his little heart! And when the Motrin wore off - he was a little terror so you could tell he didn't feel good! He was still in a little pain Saturday am, but then GiGi got here to play with him so Kelly could take me out for my upcoming birthday and he was fully healed and ready for some GiGi play time!
He seems to be mostly better today (Sunday), but now we're just trying to keep it moist so it won't dry out and start to crack and hurt him again.
One of our friend's little girls that is almost a year younger than Riley already had to get stitches a few weeks ago, so on one hand I feel lucky we've already made it this far! On the other - I'd be fine with him being like me and Kelly and not having stitches until he's old like us! :) Kelly's had 1 stitch in his life and I've had none! Knock on wood!
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| In the car on the way to see Dr. Jim :( |
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| Waiting to see Dr. Jim |
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| This is blurry, but you can see how it was already pretty puffed up which makes the alignment difficult. |
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| Saturday AM |
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