Well, we made it 17 months before my daughter got a serious wound. She, unfortunately, tripped over a big pillow from the living room while it was in our bedroom and went face first into the corner of our bed.
Poor baby had to wait at the hospital for several hours, thankfully we have health insurance as they out us on the fast track, but it still took a long time to get through. Then, the nurses had to clean it and immediately told his she'll need stitches. I always wondered how they did the stitches on babies but I never wanted to find out.
The doc came in, and told us what they would do and the time it would take to before they could begin. The nurse then gave Emma some cream that went onto the cut to numb it then gave us a sarrenge of medicine. We just called it loopy juice. They said unit makes them act funny and calms them, and possibly puts them to bed, we were hoping for the latter.
She got a little loopy, but it didn't hit her hard at all. She was talking like normal, and acted perfectly fine. The entire trip there and wait she was fine. Thankfully she didn't start vomiting or throwing a huge fit. I honestly think babies handle it better than adults do.
When the 30 mins had past the head nurse wrapped her like a burrito, and just as a recurrence she hates to be swaddled, and hates to be pinned. Then, he asked me to hold her arms down while mama tried to comfort her and the nurse held her head fully pinning her down. Thankfully, my mom was there immediately from her work and helped us with her. Mama did good and almost lost it when Emma looked up at her and said, "mama" with tear filled eyes pleading her to stop the pain. The tears welled up in mama's eyes as she fought the instant instinct to comfort her.
The doctor put the needle through slowly cause my daughter is very strong for her age and was able to push her head around several times. to top it off she was still crying hard and her sniffling for air made her body jump. The doctor, with precision, was able to finish it. It's been only a day and it feels like it was just yesterday... oh, wait. It was. What's the worst injury your child has sustained? I know this won't be the last, but I hope nothing worst is still to come.
