Perspective. It is all about perspective. A mother of one or two kids, runs to the doctor to sew up every little cut. Now that I am a mother of five, I have seen my fair share of stitches and know when they are necessary and how many they will need. But here's the thing the older and/or country doctors will tell you that the city/younger ones will not. Most cuts don't need stitches. You just need the wound cleaned and kept free from dirt and bacteria (that means $2 in bacitracin and bandaids). Your body is made to heal itself. So this is the decision I had to face today. Should I take Keener to the ER? Honey is gone, which means all of us would have to go. It is not a decision to be made lightly. A trip to the ER for stitches will cost you 4 hours of frustration, $700, 5 whiney kids, AND whatever disease you happen to catch!!
Keener's forehead got sliced when she fell off of brother Christopher's shoulders onto a gravel driveway. This is 4th time I have seen this head injury in my kids. This was a"borderline" case. A country doctor would not sew it up, but a city doctor would. I decided to save myself the trip, the money, the sanity and the health. I got Keener all cleaned up, gave her some arnica, and some hugs. Truly this is all she needed. The bleeding stopped eventually and she is healing fine.
---and in case you are wondering. Her hair is that short and crazy. She keeps cutting her hair. It is impossible to keep scissors away from her. So for now, she looks like a boy. and that's okay with me, I love her to pieces even if she has crazy hair
Virginia Time
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