Tonight we went over to a friend's house to eat dinner and afterwards, the kids were all playing outside. Natalie ended up getting bit by one of their dogs. We were really worried about it scarring really bad so I took her to the hospital urgent care. She was so scared the whole time. They don't usually stitch up dog bites, but decided to do these ones. The top one was pretty open and would have scared really bad without stitches. They wrapped her up and covered her eyes (so nothing would get in them) and draped her face. Then they gave her a bunch of shots of lydocaine (sorry to all my nurse siblings for my lack of medical spelling). That poor little girl was so terrified but she did a really good job with the whole process. She got 3 stitches in the top one and 2 in the bottom one. What really stinks too is that animal control is probably going to have to take our friend's dog away for 10 days to quarantine it. Anyway, that is our fun for the night.
The top bite looks worse in this picture because the blood had run down her cheek. The thicker part is the bite--you can see where the blood ran off the side. I took this picture with my phone right after we got to the hospital. You can see how scared she looks.
This is the "after" picture. She fell asleep in the car on the way home and this is Nate bringing her in.
1 comment:
Ouch! Poor girl, that doesn't look fun at all. Hope it heals up quickly. Taking kids to the emergency room is so much fun.
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