Expensive Glue

So we were at a store Saturday evening, when Hannah fell, hitting her head on the corner of a glass display table. Immediately Hannah starts crying and we see blood gushing! Nic crouched down right away then, I picked up Hannah and started heading towards where I hoped a bathroom may be. The employees were very nice, helping us to the bathroom, getting band-aids and ointment, and even looking up where the closest insta-care was located. I propped Hannah on the sink while I held paper towels to her cut and cleaned the blood away from her face. Hannah could see herself in the mirror, which I'm sure didn't help the crying. With all the blood, it looked a lot worse than it really was. After getting the blood stopped and a band-aid on, we headed to get stitches.

Unfortunately the insta-care was closed, so we had to go to the ER. We went to Orem Community Hospital, where we were the only ones in the waiting room. Hannah was able to be seen fairly quickly, which was so nice. They call us back, Nic holding Hannah and I'm following behind, holding Bryson. Then I hear, "Wait! You can't go back there!" Aaa, what?! "No one under 14 can go back, so we can keep the Swine Flu down." Oh... I wish they would have prepped us for that a little earlier. So Bry and I stayed out in the waiting room, while Nic and Hannah headed back.

I was able to nurse Bryson and feed him some rice cereal (I was so glad I had that in bag!)... all the while hoping Hannah was doing alright. But before long I hear Hannah bouncing out, quite happy, with a pink stuffed mouse for her and excited to give Bryson a frog puppet. She didn't end up having stitches. The doctor glued her cut! How fabulous is that! It was so much less traumatic: no shot for numbing, no stitches, needle or thread... The glue and wound site needs to stay dry for about 10 days. It sure was expensive glue! I need to get me some of that! But Hannah's face sure is worth it! Whew... we made it through our first trip to the ER!