Griffin's ER adventure

Griffin had his inaugural ER trip on Friday night. I'm sure it will be the first of many with our little daredevil! He and Rhys were in the bathtub and he leaned over the side and flipped over, landing on his chin on the tile. I was out picking up Avery from gymnastics, and when I came home (about an hour after it happened), it was still bleeding a bit. I was on the fence about whether or not he'd need stitches, but I decided I'd rather be safe than sorry, since it's on his face.

The ER visit was pretty uneventful, and they ended up just using Dermabond to close it since it wasn't very deep. He certainly wasn't happy about it. They swaddled him in a sheet so his arms were trapped and I held his body and the nurse held his head still. As soon as they wrapped him up, he started yelling, "Help! Heeeelp! Heeeeeeeeeeelp!" It was so sad...and maybe a little funny. ;-) They numbed it with lidocane ahead of time, so I don't think it hurt -- he just didn't want to be trapped! This really nice sherriff that I had been chatting with earlier came in when he started yelling, and was trying to rub his feet and calm him down. The whole thing lasted about two minutes. I hope all of his injuries are that easy!

Meanwhile, poor Rhys was at home feeling really guilty because apparently they had been playing some game where they leaned over the tub as far as they could. So he felt like it was his fault. But, after talking to him a bit, and after him seeing that Griffin is just fine, I think he's let himself off the hook. He has been busy telling everyone about Griffin's "ER adventure".

Never a dull moment!