A week ago I had my mom watch Owen for me while Kali, Meg & I went to the Dentist. While Owen was at my mom's house, he was eating popcorn in the kitchen on a swivel stool and flew off of it and landed smack on the sharp corner of their pantry. Thus creating this inch long gash in his head. My mom tried to call me 15 times {of all times I leave my cell phone in the car} to see if I wanted her to take him in to get stitches or just super glue it shut. They opted for the cheaper side! So they super glued Owen's head shut, as well as glueing my dad's finger to his head!
OF THIS WE ARE GRATEFUL TO MY PARENTS!!!
My neighbor is a nurse and I showed her to see what her take on it was. She said that it looked good, it's just store bought glue is not sterile, has other chemicals in it, doesn't heal as fast, etc. etc. But all-in-all, things were good. She came over later and gave me a nice little care package for emergencies such as these. In her goodie bag was gauss pads, antiseptics, and a HANDY DANDY Dermabond Pen!!! If you don't know what these are, they are the official super glue at the Dr.'s office! It was like I heard angels that day, cause with this little boy of ours, we are sure to use it!!
Owen has been fine, no infections, just a glob of glue on his head. UNTIL TODAY!! He picked off the whole thing, glue, scab & ALL!!! The wound opened right up, so I cleaned it out and glued it shut again. What a handy little device!! I'd love to have more around the house, but I guess they are like $200 or something crazy like that.
Nothing like a little home surgery and putting that on my resume!!
6 comments:
Owen, I'm so sorry you got a big cut on your head. I'm sure you are a brave guy and I love your new hair do. Hugs and kisses, Grandma Smed
Poor guy! That's a nice-sized cut. I like the hairdo too. The dermabond stuff sounds cool, except I might be tempted to glue fingers together or mouths shut. jk
Yuck, Lisa! A nice picture of Owen's face as he was being glued would have sufficed. None of this "zoom in and see his skull" stuff for me (now you know why I never became a doctor and can't stand watching ER). :)
Lol Ryan!! I have a VER week stomach too! I get sick thinking about looking at his head, or looking at this picture. And every time I look at his head to see if it's healing right, there's something that makes me get woozy. Hopefully it will be nice and scabbed over before you come!!!
Awwww, poor little owen. I can't believe how tough he is though! Gotta love those pigtails!
oh my gosh!! What a sick little incident - I can't wait to have kids of my own. HA! :D But that is awesome that you have a 'nurse friend' that can hand off some dermabond - NICE. Go Owen, Go Owen, Go Lisa, Go Lisa.
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