Our Family's First Major Injury

On Saturday, we were at a friend's house celebrating the end of the soccer season with a party for the boys. Russell and I were just about to leave when Sammy came running up to the house screaming and crying. She had blood all in her hair and her shirt had blood all over it. Austin told us that a heavy iron table top had fallen on her head. She was playing around a shed chasing a cat and must have hit the table top and it fell on her, pinning her to the ground. Austin and his friend, Gage, lifted the table off of Sammy and helped her get up. When I finally found the spot on her head that was bleeding I knew she would need stitches. So, Russell and I scooped up Austin and Lauren, drove them to Stephanie's house and took Sammy to Acute Kids in McKinney....LOVE THEM!!!! Acute Kids is an after hours pediatrician. They are open M-F from 5pm till midnight and from 12 pm - 8pm on the weekends. I take my kids there all the time because they are fabulous!! I am never there longer than 30 minutes and they are always so nice! The doctor and nurse were great and so patient with Sammy. She was throwing a huge fit (I don't blame her) while me, Russell and the nurse were trying to hold her down so the doctor could clean the area and give her a shot to numb the wound so he could put staples in it. Oh, it was sooooo hard for Russell and I to watch her scream in pain. I just wanted to scoop her up, hold her and give her lots of kisses!! In the end, Sammy had five staples and we were at Acute Kids for only 30 minutes!! Sammy has not complained about her head one time since we left! She has been such a trooper! We will go back in 10 days to have the staples removed. Russell and I knew at some point one of the three kids would need stitches/staples!

sad face...Happy face...because she got a new Ariel doll!!

I took this picture and then Sammy insisted on seeing it. When I showed her the picture she said, "Oh, that is just awful! That must really hurt." I just cracked up! I said, "That is your head silly!" She just laughed.

After 10 days, we went and got Sammy's staples out. She did have a bit of a fit while the doctor was trying to take them out...I really don't blame her. She clamed down after he was done and said that it didn't hurt. The doctor was so patient and nice. He put Sammy's staples in a box and told her that the Staple Fairy might come a visit her now. She got very excited about that and proudly showed her staples to everyone. We left her staples on the kitchen table for the Staple Fairy and in the morning Sammy found that she had a Little Mermaid for the swimming pool!! She loved it!
6 weeks after her head injury...Sammy looks great! The only time you can see her scar is if I put her hair in pigtails.