Poor Skylar! 12 Stitches to the face (Part 2)
We were at my friend Jenn's house and I was playing catch with a ball with Skylar when she went to throw the ball, but she ended up turning around too quickly and lost her balance and hit her head on the coffee table. There was blood EVERYWHERE as my friend Jenn and I were trying to figure out where she was bleeding from. I couldn't tell if she was bleeding on the inside or the outside. So after a minute we were able to clear the blood from the front and saw the big gash. So I ran out and hooked up the car seat, threw her in and off to emerg. It was there that I realized that he bottom teeth had pierced her lip - to the point if I wasn't paying attention she would stick her pinkie THROUGH the front and play with her TONGUE! That had to be the grossest thing ever. So even though I go in with a 15 month old baby with a hole in her face, they still make us wait in the waiting room for an hour and 20 minutes! I couldn't believe it! I can see making someone older wait as it's not an life or death emergency, but the triage nurse actually saw her stick her finger through! I didn't even get anything for pain for Skylar!

We finally get back and the doctor sees us and she ends up with 12 stitches. 7 on the outside and 5 on the inside. We have to go back on Friday to have them removed. But my goodness they didn't even give her anything to make her sleepy or anything. They took a fully awake Skylar and laid her on the bed, wrapped her tight and a nurse pretty much laid on her, then they put these towels over hear head and neck so the only showing is her mouth and nose and starting stabbing her with the needle. It was then when I just started crying with her. The doctor told me I could wait in the waiting room until they were done, but there was NO WAY I was leaving her. I got myself together once she stopped crying and I knew she couldn't feel it anymore, but she still kept whimpering, but I just kept singing to her and she remained calm. And as soon as they sat her up to unwrap her she jumped in my arms and just hung on close! So the nurse tried to take the blanket off with her legs wrapped around me! Since then she hasn't experiences much pain except for the first night when she would try to drink and she would put the cup to her face too quickly and hit her lip, but she learned to be careful and has been find since.

These pictures were taken 2 days after and the swelling has gone down more then half. On the right you can see some of the yellow stitches on the inside.