Nadia's First Boo-boo!

Last night we were giving Nadia a bath in the kitchen sink. She reached over to the other side and grabbed the sink stopper. She was trying to put it in her mouth when I grabbed it from her, not knowing that her right pointer finger was in one of the holes. When I pulled it away from her, it sliced open her finger. It bled and bled and made a little flap of skin so that we weren't sure if it needed a stich or not. We called the pediatrician who advised we go on to the ER. We got her dressed and took her to Doctor's Hospital ER because they are known for short ER wait times. They took us to sign in right away and at their initial look thought it would likely need a stich. They put some gauze and tape on it and sent us back to the waiting room to wait. By this point, she was happy as a clam watching her Baby Einstein DVDs just laughing away. After three hours of waiting, they finally called us back to a room. She feel asleep before the doctor came in and slept through his entire 3 minute exam where they decided a band-aid and some neosporin would do the trick. They agreed that they could put a stitch in it, but it really wouldn't help anything, would be more traumatic than needed and would raise the risk of infection. So our first (and hopefully last) ER visit resulted in a band-aid - we are grateful. Of course I still feel TERRIBLE that I let it happen/caused it to happen at all! But she seems to have forgiven me and actually is quite proud of her wrapped up finger. Today with Sarahbeth, she pulled the bandaid off, and it started bleeding again, so Sarahbeth (with the help of her nurse mom) taped it up all the way to her wrist with tape and gauze.

Still awake at 11:15 PM - finally in a room in the ER waiting on the doctor.

The taped up finger - the better for pointing with.

She fell asleep before the doctor came in and stayed that way while he checked her out.

The injury :( While the cut itself was tiny - so is her little finger, so it's a big deal to a tiny finger! The finger and nail are just fine - it was mostly just the epidermis layer of skin.

All band-aid'd up on our way home.

Sarahbeth's fancy wrap to keep the bandaid on and protected from her mouth.

We're expecting a full recovery... I can laugh about this today, but yesterday I was crying about it. It was terrible that my baby girl got hurt at all, especially at my fault, but we're glad she's fine. She's still her laughing, happy, sweet self as always.