Noah's First ER Visit

We have been at Seagrove Beach this past week and have had a great, relaxing time except for Thursday evening when Noah slipped on a piece of paper and busted his chin open on the hardwood floor. He started screaming immediately so I knew something was wrong because he usually is pretty tough and doesn't cry a lot. Then I saw the blood on his fingers. Nathan came right over and it only took one glance to know that he needed stitches. After some tylenol and root beer (his drink of choice) and instructions on how to get Ava to bed, we headed over to Sacred Heart Emergency Room in Destin. Thankfully, there was no one in the waiting room and we were brought on back within 5 minutes. They put LET on a cotton ball and left it on his chin for about 20 minutes to start numbing it. Funniest Pets and People was on TV, which Noah really likes, so we cracked up laughing for awhile before the stitching started. Bless his heart, they didn't have a real papoose board so they put his arms to his sides and put them in a pillowcase - which they told Noah was a cape- and then wrapped him legs to shoulders in a sheet. He DID NOT like being wrapped up and he especially did not like it when we had to hold him down during all the squirming. They did have to use a needle to inject more lidocaine and that is when the screaming started. They cleaned out the wound real good and then started stitching. He was moving so much that the PA only got one stitch done and then had to use a thicker stitch that they generally don't use on the face. He ended up with 7 stitches total. Noah kept saying that he was so angry at everyone and that he was going to punch them and spank them. He kept saying too that he was hot and did not like the cape. The PA said that he was hot too- and he was sweating- from trying to do a good job with Noah MOVING ALL OVER THE PLACE even though there were 3 of us trying to hold him still. After it was all over, they gave him a football but he didn't want it- he just wanted to get out of there as fast as he could. We told him he could have whatever treat he wanted and he chose skittles. He fell asleep on the way back to the house and has done so good with the stitches since then. They need to come out Tuesday and hopefully he will let Nathan do it. Isn't it crazy that this all happened in between jobs and insurance? We have temporary insurance but don't know how well the coverage will be. And Nathan is an ER doc after all, but oh well. Anyway, we have all survived the incident and are just thankful that he didn't knock his teeth out or anything worse. Oh and I did grab my camera to take to the ER but my memory card wasn't in it! I was so disappointed - you know I like to document everything!