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October 3, 2006
My First Stitches - Francesca Style (4)
Francesca fell at daycare and busted her head open just under her eyebrow. After arriving at the Emergency room, we performed the standard waiting and waiting.
Once we got back to see the ER doc, we got a call back from Francesca’s pediatrician about the possibility of plastic surgery. So we basically had about 15 minutes to decide the fate of our child's face. It's not fun trying to figure that out, knowing that your little decision may affect her future.
(Karen and I aren't vain people, but did we really want our child to have a big scar on her face?) Ultimately, we decided to just have the ER doc stitch her up. She was amazingly calm. She didn't cry or squirm. Obviously the topical numbing agent worked well.
So now she has a big black eye. Hopefully the scaring will be minimal.
Posted by Rich at October 3, 2006 1:23 PM
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We're really glad no permanent harm was done. Jennifer & Francesca will be able to compare scar :)
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at October 3, 2006 11:21 PM
OH she still looks beautiful!!! Tell her we love her and Corbin hopes she feels better:)
Posted by: Jenny at October 4, 2006 4:10 PM
Jeremy-- Karen mentioned how Jenn's scar didn't destroy her life...so comparing scars will be fun. (I've always thought scars were cool.)
Jenny-- Thanks! I'll let her know!
Posted by: Rich at October 5, 2006 10:34 AM
Ugh. That second picture makes me squeamish. I'm just no good with that sort of stuff...
Posted by: J.D. at October 6, 2006 12:30 PM
