Things That Go Bump in the Night

I'm certainly not trying to gloss over Thanksgiving with this entry. We had a great holiday weekend with our family, and of course, I have some stories and pictures to share. However, I'll have to save that info for another day because we have much more dramatic news to share...

Baylor has probably earned his first scar! Before anyone starts to worry, he's fine. Within five minutes of the accident, Baylor was his usual happy & mischievous self. You'd never know that he was a trauma patient only minutes before. Unfortunately, the adults that attended to him took a bit longer to recover from the scare. Until that very moment, I never knew the true power of lollipops and cartoons on your iPhone. Those two things can make any situation better!

What happened? Well, Baylor had a nasty run-in with a stocking holder, a heavy star-shaped holder to be exact. I knew the dangling decorative stockings would attract his attention, but I didn't think he was tall enough to reach them. Wrong! Very, very WRONG! Crash!!! Baylor took a direct hit right between the eyes. It wasn't pretty. Blood was gushing, and I was panicking. Thank goodness we have a surgeon in the house.

Instead of the emergency room, we headed for the master bathroom. Anh keeps some medical supplies on hand for emergencies, and last night, Dermabond was the tool of choice. Basically, it's an alternative to stitches. Anh simply "glued" Baylor's laceration closed. The gash isn't terribly big, but it is deep. Plus, the area is swollen and bruised. My fingers are crossed that it won't scar. Time will tell.

Ultimately, the injury is minor. The damage could have been much, much worse. It's probably needless to say, but as soon as we exited the trauma bay (aka the bathroom), I promptly relocated the stockings to the stair railings...no stocking holders necessary. Maybe we'll bring them out next year or maybe not.