Owies

We had an exciting day today. I got a call from daycare shortly after lunch that Camden had fallen and hit her head. Sarah said she had a pretty bad cut just above her eye and she wanted to meet me at Urgent Care. So I left work immediately and met them there. Camden didn't seem to be too upset by it. When they walked in, she wasn't crying at all but it was still bleeding. I went into the room with Camden while Sarah waited in the waiting room for Derek to get there.

The doctor came in and cleaned up the cut and took a look at it. She gave us the option of stitches or dermabond (a glue) to heal the cut. She said stitches would give a little cleaner heal but the dermabond would do well too. She said the dermabond is less traumatic for the kid because it doesn't involve needles. So I made the decision to go with the dermabond. We waited for Derek to get there before she did it. Sarah and Derek held Camden down on the table (The doctor said "the pregnant mom needs to sit down") while the doctor glued it back closed. Camden cried a little while they were gluing it - but I think that was more about being held down than anything! She did a great job with it and didn't seem to bothered by the whole thing!

Like any good daddy would do, Derek promised that he would get ice cream for her after it was all over. So a little ice cream and an Elmo band-aid made everything feel better! She was fine for the rest of the afternoon.