ER

This is old news now, but I wanted to make sure I documented it all the same. We all know Marla is somewhat accident prone. Fortunately, most of her bumps and bruises have been pretty minor. In December, however, we got a call from daycare in the middle of the day. She had tripped and hit her head on a chair, then had trouble staying awake afterwards. I was out of town for a meeting, so Jeff raced over to daycare to bring her to the ER.

 

This was a rite of passage I could have done without, but I guess it wasn't really a surprise. Here's her first ER hospital bracelet.  

 

 

The doctor determined she didn't need a CT scan and prescribed close monitoring for a couple of days. These pictures don't really do it justice, but she was sporting a giant bump and bruise for a few days.

 

Well, that's that. Hope we don't need to do that again any time soon. Oh wait...

 

Exactly a month (to the day!) after her first trip to the ER, Marla was jumping on the couch and cracked her head on the corner of a wall. This time there wasn't a huge bump or any concussion symptoms, but she got a gaping gash on her forehead which bled a lot. Best part was, it was in the exact same spot as her previous head injury. I swear, this child is going to make me go prematurely gray.

 

Back to the ER we went for another two-hour visit. Bracelet number two!

 

The doctor didn't think she'd sit still enough for stitches, so she used Dermabond to glue the cut shut. Marla requested a puppy bandaid, but Tweetie Bird was the best they could do.

 

 

As you can see from the below photo (taken that same night), she was real broken up about the whole ordeal. It's amazing what a bandaid can do for toddler pain management. She still has a scar and probably will forever, but it's been over a month and we haven't been back to the ER, so we'll take what we can get!