OUCH!

Sweet little Kaitlyn fell down and caught the edge of the coffee table last night around 5:30 PM. She cried for a few minutes and then was up and around playing and eating. I thought she looked like Rocky when they slit his eyelid so he could continue the fight.

I was upstairs getting diapers while Josh was down with the girls and saw it happen. Trey came in from outside playing and saw Kaitlyn too. He rushed upstairs to tell me that Kaitlyn had a cut by her eye since Josh was being a great big brother and didn't want to leave her. I was a bit more than surprised when I hurried down and saw her.

I called Rich who came home from studying and he took her to the hospital around 7:30 PM to get checked out. They cleaned her up, checked on her eye and and determined that the cut was on the crease and seemed to be staying closed. Plus the idea of restraint/sedation for two stitches wouldn't affect the outcome of the scar, so they came home.

It was 11:00 PM when the garage door opened, so they had a long Daddy/Daughter date in the ER. It is always sad to see your little one with a hospital tag on their ankle. It was a long night of mostly waiting, but I am grateful Rich took her in to make sure it didn't need stitches. Rich had been on call on Saturday and Sunday so the last place he wanted to spend Monday night was back at the hospital. Thanks Rich for being a great Dad!

Kaitlyn was a little trouper through it all. When they got back the swelling looked the same, but her eyelid was even more black and blue than when she left. I think the cut will heal faster than the black eye.