I was a mother for just over four years before receiving that dreadful call from daycare, "Come now, Max banged his head and needs to go to the doctors." (Or something like that). Apparenly he ran full speed into the corner of the wall. It was about 10 am and I had just put my car in to be serviced and was going to work from the car shop for the morning. I quickly rushed to tell the guy I needed my car back and had to go. I was desperate to get to see him and figure out what to do. I ended up calling the doctors in Urbana and they told me to bring him there as soon as I could and we'd go from there. When I got to Sara's to pick him up, I was greated by a little boy with some red left on his face, but happily eating his snack at the table with the other kids. I scooped him up and gave him a kiss. Sara had him bandaged up well and I didn't want to see. I just took him to the car and we headed to the doctors. Luckily my favorite doctor was there. Max acted a bit like a caged animal while we waited - trying to climb on everything, slam doors, etc. It's no wonder we were there after 18 months with something like this. I'm only suprised it hasn't happened sooner based on the amount of falling this boy does. After about a 15 minute wait, she looked at him and decided he didn't need stitches, but could use glue instead. I was a little skeptical, but I trust her and really didn't want to go to the ER for stiches. Max didn't like the procedure, although it was quick (and honestly Max doesn't like getting his nails cut when he has something else on his mind). He was a trooper and the tears stopped as soon as he was freed to return to doing what HE wanted to do. We left with my instructions - to keep him from touching it for at least one hour, and keep it completely dry for at least 48 hours. Otherwise, he's good to go. All in all, this wasn't too bad. I hope it doesn't get any worse though.
Max and I came home to play for a little bit while I watched that he didn't touch it. He did great. He and I then had a little lunch date at McDonalds before picking Ellie up to head home for afternoon naps and Mommy to get back to work. What a morning. He's doing fine and I'm very thankful for how this ended up.
This is how I found him at Ms. Sara's:
This is how he looked when we got home. He was exhausted.
And this was him after his nap, patiently building blocks. This is a new skill he's showed off today.
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