MEAN!

Well it has happened again. Buster was running, slipped and fell, hit a basket, and began screaming! I new right away that he was hurt by the sound of his cry. I walked up to him and thought hmm at least there is no blood, that's good. Then I moved his hand from his eye and walla BLOOD, and a lot of BLOOD! I called my pediatrician who confirmed that they do not do stitches in the office, and I would need to go to the emergency room. Now that didn't really sound like an option considering. . . . .

1. The children's hospital is on the other side of the city

2. It's dead winter and we all know what would happen to my kids 2 weeks before Christmas going into a children's emergency room. YUCK!

3. It was only 7 a.m. no one had showered!

Then the nurse said as long as I could stop the bleeding I could wait until 3:00 when instacare opens and go there. We have a children's Instacare down the street. That sounded as ideal as you can get when needing stitches. I called Swifty to get a professional opinion (is waiting 8 hours alright?). Because Swifty happened to be working at a family practice clinic this month and had a few openings he told us to come over in and he would take care of the eye. This sounds even better. So we go visit dad! The kids are thrilled to see where he is working, and Buster is grateful to not have a stranger stitch him up. Swifty gets everything set-up and ready to go when in walks BILL! Bill is the nurse and pretty much runs the clinic. (In essence he is Switfty's boss this month). Keep in mind this is a FAMILY practice clinic NOT a pediatric office. So Bill asks if he can help Swifty says that would be great. Next thing we know Bill has got Buster strapped to the table and our sweet little boy is SCREAMING! Luckily Swifty was quick and it was over with quickly! Then they suggest that now that Buster is a patient they could give our kids an H1N1 Vaccination. We of course jump at the chance. Luckily Bill was there to hold down all 3 kids making them scream more than they normally would. There you have it. Most kids visit dads work and people talk to them and tell them how cute they are ours visit dad and get held down and the surprise of shots! MEAN!!!!