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.
One Response to “Thomas Got Stitches Today…”
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Johnty says:
April 30th, 2008 at 6:58 amOk, this is completely out of the blue, and will probably make no sense to you, but it’s bothered me for years (Already I sound creepy)
Laura Loveridge, I found this website/blog whilst searching for a name from my past, Laura Bytheway. It was the name of a girl I used to e-mail about a decade ago, we were pen pals as such. Long story short, I always felt kinda bad that communication sopped between us the way that it did (I lost the e-mail address I was using, and had no way of recovering even the contacts) and worried terribly that on at least one occasion, she possibly e-mailed me, wondering what was happening, and where her long distance (I’m in NZ) friend had gone.
I couldn’t find ANY other Laura Bytheway, so I’m hoping that it is you, so that I can finally put this spectre to rest, by apologising, and explaining. I’d like to hear from you if this sounds familiar, even if it’s just to say that you’d forgotten completely until now and never worried about it.
Hope it’s you
Johnty
