I've never been to an emergency room. NEVER. I think that's actually quite impressive-- I'm almost 28 years old, I have 2 kids, and my husband has been probably more times than he can count. But me? Nope. Never. I found myself very fortunate, up until yesterday when there was a little incident in our home involving a pair of fabric scissors, a devious 2 year old, and a precocious 4 year old who thinks she can do anything she wants.
I was in another room when I heard some serious screaming-- I recognized it from the many of my children’s cries as Lucy's "help-I've-either-done-something-reeeeally-bad-or-I'm-HURT!" cry. I knew things were serious, especially when I got to the master bathroom and saw blood all over the floor and it dripping down Lucy's hand and onto her feet and I'm like, "What the heck happened?!?" Mother of the year award…
Apparently Lucy wanted to cut some ribbon to play with so she found my fabric scissors, but when she wouldn't share Zachy got mad and grabbed them from her and accidentally (well, that's debatable) chopped through her finger! After a good 10 minutes I couldn't staunch the bleeding, so I began to worry she needed stitches. Guh. She is a total drama queen and I knew it would be a huge ordeal to take her in, get it numbed up, and then put in stitches, but slappin’ a band-aid on (which was my vote) just didn’t seem like it would cut it (no pun intended). 
Ten minutes later we were on our way to the ER on base. Luckily they weren’t busy and they got her right in to look at her finger. They debated about whether or not to do stitches, but finally decided to just to glue it together with Derma-bond and see if that would hold it together to avoid traumatizing her with all the needles. A day and half later its popped back open but isn't bleeding, so we'll see what happens... She seems more concerned with missing out on swimming lessons than her "owie," plus I survived my first trip to the ER. And I’m sure there will be many more in our future (Zachy is just getting started!). 
The pictures don't do it justice-- it's cut through literally from the tip to the first knuckle and was GAPING open before they glued it. Gross!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Just Your Average Every Day Trip to the ER
Posted by sara cardon at 7:14 PM
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Sara! I'm so sorry! I definitely should have been there to offer moral support. Good job being brave and we'll hope that the trips to the ER don't come frequently.
Oh no!!! If it makes you feel any better, I did almost exactly the same thing to one of my fingers while working a BSU football game. The first half inch of my finger was hanging on by a tiny thread. I didn't go to the ER, just had the on site paramedics wrap it up and kept it wrapped aside from cleaning it before bed, and it healed just fine, no scar or anything and I was 25. Kids have remarkable healing abilities, I hope it gets better fast!!!
Ouch! Hope all is well now though, if she heals like her dad it will be ok. What an experience to go through...
Wow, never a dull moment when kids play with sharp scissors! Ms. Joan and I are going around the house right now and looking for potential ER trips.
Oops! Kind of reminds of when I jabbed my sister's wrist with scissors when she cut the tabs off my paper dolls (don't worry, I was only 4). I hate emergency room visits but it sounds like that one was pretty slick. I hope she heals quickly!
love the fathers day post the quotes are fantastic, and YIKES that looks ouchie. hope she feels better soon!
Wow! Glad they were able to glue it shut. And I'm impressed you even thought to take pics of it all.
Oh no. Ouch. I bet that wasn't fun for anybody. I'm glad it turned out okay. How's her finger now after it opened back up?
Ouch!!! Poor Lucy. I do have to say that I am impressed that it is only your first trip to the ER. Abby has been three time...that is what happens when you play with sharp instuments :)
So this is going to sound crazy but Lucy and I will have identical scars. My sister cut me with my mom's sewing scissors on my right ring finger with I was about 4.
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