Staples :(

Well, until this week, we had made it with no stitches or staples.  Keegan probably should have had stitches at least two other times (1-2 times on his knee and 1 time on his elbow), but Matt wouldn't let us take him.  This time, Matt wasn't home and I had him meet us at the ER.  This is what happened...

Last Monday, our cleaning lady came to the house.  Our hardwood floors were extra clean and extra slippery.  Keegan is usually running all around the house, but this time he was just walking, and slipped on the hardwood floor.  He hit his head so hard that he cracked it open.  It barely bled though so I had no idea he cracked it open.  I was holding him afterwards and put my hand on his head to see if he had a bump.  When I took my hand off his head, I noticed there was some blood on my fingers.  I looked at his head and thought he definitely need stitches.  Our neighbor across the street is an OBGYN so I had her look real quick before I took him in.  She confirmed that he needed stitches, so we dropped Landon off at another neighbor's house and met Matt at the ER. 

My neighbor warned me that they usually do staples in the head instead of stitches because they hold better.  She was right....the doctor looked at Keegan and said he needed staples.  Matt and I thought he would get numbed before they did the staples, but the doctor came back and just took out a staple gun.  I asked if she was going to numb him first and she told me that it would be 4 shots to numb him and he only needed 3 staples so it would be quicker and less painful just to put the staples in.  I still don't think I agree with that, as it was super painful just to watch.  It took all I had not to cry just watching, but Keegan was a champ.  He did so well.  He just squeezed my hand, took deep breaths, and made it through without even crying.  He was so brave and we were so proud of him.  He had to keep the staples in for 7-10 days so he got them taken out today. 

*If you don't like seeing cuts, you might not want to look at the following pictures.*

This is what his head looked like before the staples

This is us waiting for the staples at the ER

So sad

Here is the finished product, after the staples

We didn't get home from the ER until almost 8, and then Keegan had to shower and ice his head.  He fell asleep on me as he was icing his head.

Here is what his head looked like last night

 And this is today, staple free!

The doctor said his cut looked great and was healing nicely.  She asked if he wanted to keep his 3 staples and he said yes, of course.  So, now we have a urine container (all she could find to put them in) of staples.  Hopefully we never have to add to it!