an unfortunate event... involving head staples

declan had a little run in with a glass table over Easter weekend at my mom's in grand rapids. unfortunately since he has always been such a busy little monkey, we had assumed stitches were somewhere in his future, just didn't know when.

there were tears from declan and mommy, a lot of blood and a missed easter egg hunt. as our pediatrician told me today, "the head is very vascular" so the bleeding is normal, it just looks freaky. by the time we all got in the car heading to the ER, declan was fine but we did need to get his head closed up.

he was such a tough little boy, just continues to amaze us at how resilient he is with painful situations. we read books, tried on surgical gloves and he sang "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" while waiting for the doc. he got 3 staples to hold the big gash together and moments later waved and said bye bye to all the docs on the way out. everyone thought he was a hoot. the nice male nurse gave him a cadillac escalade matchbox car with special gold rims, i thought it was incredibly sweet that they have treasures on hand for the little patients.

dear declan, i do not wish to be the "experienced" mom on the block when it comes to ER visits so i would appreciate if you could please limit your calamities, even at your impulsive, adventurous age of 2. love, mommy.

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