Samuel almost ended up in the ER tonight. Daryl was actually at the hospital doing his internship and my Mom was over helping me with the kids. It was almost bedtime and the kids were all being crazy and silly in the living room. Samuel lost his balance and fell right into the TV stand. His ear hit the corner and took the brunt of his fall with about a 1-2" cut. It was a pretty deep cut but (thankfully) not all the way through his ear. He let me put ice on it right away while my Mom called Daryl to see if he could ask a Doctor in the ER (one of the good things about Daryl interning in the Borgess ER!) if they could even stitch/glue there. The doctor said "yes" but after thinking about it more and weighing the pros and cons (namely, the trauma of taking a 3 year old to the ER at bedtime to be held down and stitched or glued up) we decided to just stay at home. His ear swelled up pretty good and was really bruised too. I just let the blood clot and then decided to not touch it again (except to rub bactroban on it every night after he was sleeping!).
I wish I would have taken a better picture of Samuel's ear . . . these are the only two pictures I have where you can *kind of* see the cut and the swelling.
** I'm actually writing this post quite awhile after the incident happened and his ear healed up great! There is a little scar but not bad at all. Definitely glad that I didn't take him in to the ER.
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