Never a Dull Moment

Things are never calm for long in the Sorem household....

The night after Robin, Dylan and I came home from the hospital, Andrew and Noah were running around the family room after dinner. Andrew slipped and fell and cut his chin open on the hardwood floor. After determining that the wound was pretty deep and likely needed stitches, Robin, Andrew, Dylan (with bili-blanket in tow) and I headed off to urgent care. Thankfully Nana was in San Diego (for the birth and to help out) and was able to stay with Noah.
Thankfully the wait time was not too bad for a Saturday night. When Andrew was triaged, the nurse taped a numbing solution to his chin and let us know that it was going to take some significant measures to fix up. The doctor came in a few minutes later and gave us a choice of staples or stitches. As staples go in quicker, we opted for that. Of course, as with all things Andrew, the nurses had to strap him down. First they put his arms behind his back into a pillowcase and then they wrapped a sheet around him. Kind of like a mummy. That didn’t stop a ton of kicking and screaming. But it did allow us (two nurses and I) to hold him down enough to let the doctor staple him twice and close up the wound.

Here is a picture of Andrew’s chin with the staples….

Never a dull moment.