We arrive in Hayden's room. He's lying prone on his floor with his left arm holding the side of his head and we hear from his friend that they collided together. Hayden's shrill screaming is much more intense at this close distance. What could possibly be wrong?
"I think I broke my arm!" Hayden cries.
Next, he removes his hand from the side of his head to reveal a bloody palm and a red blur in his hair.
The next few minutes fly very quickly as Hayden seems to have been scooped up and taken to the bathroom without his feet hardly touching the floor. His wound gets cleaned and old towels are stained with what seems to be too much red. It's not real bad, but bad enough.
After a long journey to find an urgent care center that was open, on a Saturday, after 5 pm, we got Hayden fixed up. He received 2 staples in his head. He could have got more but he kept pleading, "Please no more staples, please no more staples..." And they seem to work just fine.
Fortunately, the gash was in his hairline so it won't be very visible, especially when his hair gets long. Like now.
Now, I have to show a couple pictures. They are not too bad, but then I don't get queasy with blood and stuff like that. You have been warned.
First, Hayden is not excited to see what's going to happen.
The gash.
The staples. They will help keep things secure for about 10 days.
At least he waited until he was 8 years old to require equipment or a procedure to keep him together.
His baptism will be memorable as well. How many kids get baptized with staples in their head?
3 comments:
Poor Hayden! It's definitely impressive that he made it to 8 without too much trauma. Our Owen has had stitches and staples in his head and he's only 6! Funny story after he'd had the staples- when he was a sunbeam they were making paper crowns and the teacher said she needed to put staples in and he cried out "No I don't want staples in my head!"
Ouch!! Those staples don't look fun. Poor guy. Cade felt so bad--I can't believe they ran into each other that hard. I'm glad the staples didn't interfere with his baptism plans!!
Oh boy. I don't do well with blood.
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