{"id":927,"date":"2010-09-29T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/?p=927"},"modified":"2010-09-29T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T14:00:26","slug":"stitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/2010\/09\/stitches\/","title":{"rendered":"Stitches"},"content":{"rendered":"

His second big surgery of the month (yes, twice in one month!) was the 5 stitches he got on the 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Randy was getting ready to hang a shelf in our room while Reed and I sat on our bed and watched. The shelf was on the ground by the bed (standing on its edge) while Randy was mounting the brackets.\u00a0 My phone rang so I literally ran into the other room and answered it.\u00a0 As soon as I said hello I heard the scream.\u00a0 I ran back into the bedroom and Randy and Reed were covered in blood.\u00a0 Reed had fallen off the bed right on top of the big shelf.\u00a0 Luckily his wrist caught his fall and his head was the secondary point of contact.\u00a0 Strangely it was my mom on the phone so I immediately asked her,\u00a0 “How do I know if he needs stitches??!!”, in a panic.\u00a0 I love that she lives so close because she offered to run to the house and tell me what to do.\u00a0 Sure enough, she said we should take him to the Med Clinic for stitches.<\/p>\n

You can see the pictures below, but it was the saddest most traumatic thing I have ever been through.\u00a0 They had to strap him down and he screamed the entire time they were stitching him up.\u00a0 Luckily as soon as it was over he stopped crying and went right back to eating his grapes.\u00a0 All moms brag on their babies, but he really is a trooper.\u00a0 Other than the initial fall and during the stitches he has never cried about it.\u00a0 Amazingly he doesn\u2019t even mess with the band-aid covering his stitches!!\u00a0 We go back on Saturday to have the stitches removed and I am absolutely dreading that procedure.\u00a0 They have to strap him down again \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

The other sad thing is that he is afraid of our bed.\u00a0 In the morning I usually bring him in to wake up Randy.\u00a0 He climbs on Randy and gives him a big hug and then lays there with him for a few minutes.\u00a0 Ever since the fall he won\u2019t go near the bed and really doesn\u2019t want to be in our room.\u00a0 Now, if I try to put him on the bed he just says, \u2018no, no, no\u2019.\u00a0 I hope he will remember the fall, but find a way to wake Randy up in the mornings.\u00a0 I love that part right before I leave for the day.<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n