Well, last night was quite a night! Very late, about 11.30pm, Edward was running around, and he either tripped or just ran right into my desk. At first we thought he was ok, then I noticed a big cut right on his eyebrow. Dave said he'd have to go to the hospital, so I took him and Dave stayed home with Elizabeth as it was so late. We were taken into triage right away and were assessed by the nurse. We had to wait a while for the doctor though, and after he'd seen him and said he would need stitches we had to wait another long time before they came back to do it. So there was lots of waiting around, but Edward was really well behaved, especially considering it was so late. He wasn't grumpy and he didn't misbehave. He just had fun hanging out with me. When I took this picture it was after midnight, so it was technically the next day and therefore qualifies for this day's picture!
When they were ready to do the stitches they strapped him down to a board and wrapped him up to try and keep him still. The nurse (a guy) held his head, and I held his hands to stop him getting them out. They had given him a topical anesthetic to numb the area, but it either didn't work or had started to wear off, because when the doctor injected more anesthetic into the wound Edward started screaming. He did calm down a little when the doctor started putting the stitches in, but he was already upset and scared by then, so he didn't stop crying. It didn't take long. He got about 4 stitches. The nurse told me to lay down if I felt faint while they were doing it, but the doctor said "Something tells me this is not the first time you've been through this." So I told them he had to have surgery on his skull when he was 3 months old, and that this was nothing compared to that!
We finally got home just after 2am. Dave was still up but Elizabeth was asleep of course. Dave said she had been worried and upset about Edward, as I thought she would be. Edward was exhausted by this time and we went right to bed. So far today he seems to have been ok. I gave him some painkiller before his nap as he was a bit grumpier than usual, but the wound looks good. He'll go back to get the stitches out in about 3 days.
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