oh happy day

We had our first little incident on Friday night that required a trip to the Urgent Care. Sweet little Avery Jane was running into the kitchen and tripped. She did one of those full force whiplash falls that little kids often do and smacked her forehead on the corner of the wall. I quickly picked her up and blood started gushing out. I yelled for Andy and he came running downstairs. We surveyed the damage and knew she needed stitches. I started to feel Really faint and nauseous. I've never had blood affect me like that before, I think it was because it was my own little girl. SO sad! We got in the car and drove her to the Urgent Care. The doctor said that it was such a clean split that he could just use butterfly stitches instead of real stitches which would help reduce scarring. I asked him if there was anything else I could do/put on it to help it heal faster and not scar. The only thing he suggested was plastic surgery. Great. She is only 3 and already has to worry about plastic surgery. I remember one of my mission companions telling me how she had gotten a scar above her eyebrow when she was little. She hated it so much that she got a job when she turned 15 and saved up enough money to pay for the plastic surgery herself. I guess I better start saving my pennies in case she decides she wants surgery! Poor girl. Andy took this picture when we got back from the doctors. She has to wear a big old bandaid on her forehead until the stitches fall off.