Thursday, May 08, 2008

Glue Stick

All I want for Mother's Day is a glue stick. Those things are super handy. You can use them for just about anything with little mess. Tonight, at the ER, I discovered a new use. Grayson tried on some of his sister's tights (with my help) and fell down on the hardwood floor only to bust his chin open. Off to the ER. I called Peter at work where he always happens to be when we need to go to the ER. "Umm, hey, Grayson busted his chin I'm going to Children's. We're fine." An hour later, I left another message to say that he should just finish working I had it no problem. So we played in the ER waiting room for about an hour and a half with no food. They wouldn't let G eat until they assessed the wound. It, of course, happened at dinner time. We went in and the Nurse Practioner checked him out, immediately. She said that it was the perfect case for glue, no stitches. So, she taped and glued him up. Lillian assisted. I am not kidding. She kept telling him "it would only hurt a little bit and to look up." The Nurse Practioner was great and gave them popsicles when it was over. It wasn't a big deal at all. I did, however, think to myself that I needed one of those handy, dandy gluesticks like she had. Then I could just glue them up and send them back to play.

4 comments:

cagedwisdom said...

Okay, you don't have to get into this story far to see what went wrong. He fell "trying on his sisters tights."??? That's what you want him to be telling his buddies years from now if he has a scar on his chin. Peter, if your reading, seriously, what's happening? do need to come over with my tools again?

Melanie said...

Kevin, yes you need to come over with the tools. Hello? I'll try to revamp the story. I didn't think of him having to retell it to his buddies.

Lora said...

Once when Gabe busted his head open, they took the hair from both sides of the wound and tied it together to close the wound. Bad idea, had to cut the hair out eventually. Now Glue sounds like a great idea! My nurse friend is always telling me about surgical glue.

Squishy Burrito said...

I hope you don't take offense when I say that I almost laughed outloud when I read the note on your door. It was just like old times. I still tell people your poison control stories. I'm sorry we didn't connect and I'm really sorry Grayson fell. My almost laughing outloud was kept in by my worry about how he was doing. I'm glad he recovered quickly.