Stitches

I am the Activity Days leader for our ward and last night as I was leaving home Jace took off upstairs as usual. He always goes upstairs climbs up on his bed to get to the windowsill and waves good-bye to whomever is leaving. I was riding with my friend, Laurel, who is also in Activity days with me and I was distracted and in a hurry so I didn't even look up as I left. I few minutes later Laurel gets a call from my cell-phone. I had forgotten to bring mine with me.. . oops. It was Craig, and he was completely panicked. He told me that Jace had gotten hurt on the windowsill and that blood was gushing from his wounded little face. We turned around and luckily Laurel used to work as a doctor's office and she took a look at him. We decided to take him to urgent care. Laurel took care of the Activity by herself - thanks Laurel! We headed to 3 different urgent care facilities before finally finding one open. They took a look and said it would be better if we went to the emergency room at the hospital because they have the liquid stitches which is less painful for such a little boy. We went to the emergency room and were there for 4 hours. Finally, they wrapped him up like a burrito so he couldn't move and started numbing the area. I think they poked the needle into his laceration at least 5 times as he screamed and cried. I felt like crying too. Then they gave him 3 stitches just above his upper lip. When he fell his canine tooth went clear through and left a gaping hole. Then we waited another 1/2 hour for them to finish up the paperwork. We didn't get back until after midnight completely exhausted and frustrated. I wish they would have just taken care of it at urgent care because we would have been done 3 hours earlier, and it would have cost MUCH less for the same thing - regular old stitches that we have to have taken out in a week. We let Jace go to the store and pick out a toy for his bravery. What a night!