Brenden gets the first set of stitches...WARNING.Not for weak stomachs!

Waiting in the er. Fortunately we were only waiting here just a few minutes.
So when you run in the house this can be a result. Lately we have been telling the kids to "work it out", when they are aggravating each other. Tayler was giving Joshua a taste of his own medicine, Brenden felt like she was being to rough, so he intervened. He hit her and went running through the house. When he ran around the refrigerator his baby toe caught the side and spilt from front to back down to the muscle. Come to find out Tayler wasn't even chasing him! I immediately wrapped it up trying to stop the bleeding. Took forever! I knew there were several nurses at our church, so we waited to let them check it out. Mrs. R told me that he should probably have stitches but that we could try Steri Strips and see how that worked. Instead I decided to take him to an after hours clinic that could stitch him up. The nurse there took one look and said your going to have to take him to the er. That is just to much for me. :(

Not very happy about the whole ordeal.

At least he has company. Joshua sat still and quiet the whole time, eyes as big as saucers. He wanted no part of stitches.

All stitched up 9 in all.
He was so super brave. During the whole ordeal he only let one tear escape. The nurse told him don't be ashamed to cry, if it hurts let it out, doesn't make you less of a man. Then he and the Dr. talked back and forth sharing stories about their stitches and how many times they had them. Both the nurse and the Dr. were men, and were amazing!

All set to go home.

Joshua said Brenden had a scanner tag, and wanted to know if we were going to sell him. Brenden is smiling about the idea. I took the stitches out at home 10 days later. The hardest part was getting Brenden to take it easy and not rip the stitches! I had to tell him I would pay for the first set but the next set were coming out of his pocket!
God is so faithful and answered many prayers that night. This not something any parent wants to face alone, or at least I didn't! We were in and out of there in about an hour! That has to be a record! Got home in time to take care of all the animals, getting them put up before dark.