I had absolutely no idea how truly different boys and girls were until Garrett arrived into our family. I have gone my entire life without a broken bone, stitches or even an emergency room visit. Garrett, on the other hand, has become quite the expert.
The Friday before school started Garrett came home holding a rag to his head. Apparently he had fallen on a rock and hit his head. So, I loaded all the kids and headed to the Instacare. Garrett was TERRIFIED that he might have to get stitches or staples in his head.
After about 40 minutes in the busy waiting room, we finally got to see someone. Garrett was tearing up a little bit as they were scrubbing the cut. The Dr. told him he would have to have some staples and Garrett was stressed out. First they gave him a couple of shots of novacaine, which made him start to cry. Grace asked him if he needed her to hold his hand, so sweet.
Then they said they were done putting the staples in. Garrett was in shock, he could not believe that he had 2 staples in his head and he had not felt a thing.
He had to keep the staples in his head for a week and he was not allowed to go swimming or wash his hair with shampoo until they were out. So much for the last weekend of summer!
By the way, he has no lasting effects from the staples at all. A few hairs were pulled when the staples were removed, but that is all.
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