Saturday, March 6, 2010

Trama for Mama

So I had my first REAL Trama as a mother the other day... Timothy is learning to walk and getting really good. But he does fall a lot...usually he is an expert at falling and missing things. Not this time. he was in my room and conked his head on my dresser, right on the handle. He cried, so I went to get him and what did I find??? a hole in the middle of his forehead! I almost freaked out. (Hence the fact that there are no pictures of the wound... my mind was not on grabbing the camera) I was stuck in a debate with myself about where to take him... Emergency?? not that serious... Doctor's office?? they were at lunch (how convenient)... instacare? the closest I knew of was in Springville... SoI called Robby at school and he calmly told me to take him in to the urgent care that BYU health Center... Oh yeah, duh, we have BYU insurance!!!
By this point, (well about 1 minute after the bonk) Timothy was calm and happy and ready to play! (i stopped the bleeding with a cold wet cloth and put a band-aid on it.)
We went to the clinic and sure enough he needed stitches... ahhh! (he is not even 1 yet and he has already gotten stitches...I think that I have a long road of hospital visits ahead!!!)You can probably click to see it bigger.So we went into the room, were told he would need about 3-4 stitches and then we got ready... He was strapped into the "papoose" to keep him from wiggling (thought he would hate it and fight it...) Nope, he calmly laid there and stared at the light above the bed. Then with the nurse holding his head and me staying within view, the doctor cleaned the gash, gave him the local shots and still NO CRYING and fussing or anything! He amazed everyone. As the first stitch went in he started to cry a bit (apparently the numbing hadn't kicked in yet) but I just gave him is plug and he was fine. he just contentedly waited and watched the light. AMAZING! he got 2 stitched and a cool band-aid!
As we were leaving, the front desk ladies said, "oh, he didn't get stiches?" I said that he did and they said, "Wow, we didn't here him scream..." My child is amazing and so cute! We get them out Monday!

Other Timmy FUNNY'S
This is what i found when I came to respond to his distressed crying
I was busy in my room and timothy started crying out (like he does when we are in the bathroom and he wants in) so I called to him to come to me, but he just kept crying. So I went to investigate and found him stuck in the dryer, wanting to get out. (meanly, I took a picture first) How sad!
Fun with daddy

My little climber... any chance he gets, he is climbing up, up, up

walking (sorry its sideways)

Caught Red Hnaded: I was cooling a loaf of bread the table, he was eating a snack at the table. I turn around to 1 minute and he has pulled the towel his way to get the bread... I caught him picking apart the crust! Yum!

my yummy peanut butter valentines (see previous post for expanation)

3 comments:

  1. Okay, scary! I'm glad he's okay, and glad you made it through too!! I do have to say, he's getting cuter by the day! :-) Also, I totally see your dad and brothers in some of those grins of his. What a cutie... :-)

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  2. I'm glad all is well. What a little trooper. I wouldn't hold up that well if I got stitches. Looks like you'll have your hands full for the next couple of years.

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  3. what a great little guy!!!! i can't believe he was so good for stitches! are you guys still in provo then? we need to get together! mary is getting married, her bridal shower is the 27 of this month in west jordan and you should come! i'm helping plan it and that sort of thing.

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