Stitches

So I get a phone call last night from my dad who is babysitting from me. When I answer it all I hear is screaming and then a click. I make myself not freak out and call back. Voicemail. Call back again and all screaming and then I hear my dad say, "We have to take him to the hospital, he fell." That's all I got he couldn't hear me and I could barely hear him all over the screaming. I grab my purse and leave my books behind in class and run to the car. I get in and start heading home and call Miah. Of course the way the night had been going he doesn't answer and I don't have time to text. I call his friend and tell him to get Miah to call me right away. That's when things start to settle down. I get another phone call from my dad that says that Rex is fine (not so much crying). That he will just need stitches but that the bleeding has stopped. This when I finally feel like I can breath. Luckily this is when Miah calls back so I'm able to tell him everything is ok so he isn't in panic all the way in AZ. Once I was able to see Rex it calmed me even more. As I was holding him and trying to get him in the car he was crying again (because Mommy was there) and he said "Hurt." Pause and crying. "Popa." Pause and crying. "House." It was so cute that he was trying to tell me what happened I actually smiled.

 This is the before picture which actually doesn't look as bad as it did in person but you can see that it defiantly needs stitches and he looks so pitiful. We were already at the hospital and I think he was more upset that Popa wasn't letting him play. He did really good through everything and I have to say I just love Children's. They actually have someone on staff that comes in with a bag full of toys and helps distract the child during procedures. She came in and helped with the blood draw and then again with the stitches. It was a life saver during the stitches because I'm normally doing what she was but I can't watch the needles in anything like that and with it being on his face that would have been really hard. I was able to hold him and love on him without having to watch them actually stitch him up.

This is the after shot. He got three stitches and did so good. Miah is glad he is ok and was able to talk to him some but hasn't been able to really see the stitches and he's the lucky one who gets to take Rex to get them out this weekend. That should be an interesting experience for him.
Rex is officially a boy now! Good luck to all us Mommies that have little boys. We are going to need strong hearts to make it through all these types of phone calls!