Thomas Got Stitches Today…
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Laura
I was watching TPiR and forgot that I had to keep Thomas out of the kitchen. Our trash can is just sitting under the counter where he can get to it any time. Well, the trash was pretty full and there were things in it I definitely didn’t want him to get to. Well, he got to one of the things I didn’t want him to get: a refried beans can lid. As I was sitting there watching, I hear a cry. I pause the show and go in to see him sitting by the trash can.
I say, “Oh, did you cut yourself?” all nice and calmly. Then I realized he really did cut himself…pretty badly. I grabbed him and instantly put a paper towel on it to try to stop the bleeding. Well, that didn’t work, he just thrashed around and pulled the paper towel off, which made it bleed again. I didn’t know what to do, so I called Ben. He called our doctor who said to bring him in right away. So, I got him in pjs that were easy to get on and off and changed my clothes. I put a piece of gauze around his hand, but he started thrashing again. So, I wrapped it up as well as I could and put him in the car. Ben met us at the doctor’s which was probably a good thing. He needed to get stitches in his tiny finger (the pointer finger on his left hand). I was already in tears, so Ben stayed with him while the procedure was done.
The worst thing was, I could still hear him crying out in the lobby. So, there’s my story. It’s pretty traumatic. I’m still shaking a little bit. I’ll take a picture of his little hand all bandaged up to post when he wakes up. It’s pretty sad, but I think it needs to be documented.
