ER Trip #1 and Other Fun Stuff

Ohhhhhh boy....the day I've been dreading but realistically anticipating has finally arrived. Our first trip to the ER. Since Colin has been born I have asked my mom a million times where I should take him if something were to happen. Colin is a climber and a clumsy runner - I knew it was inevitable that some sort of serious "boo boo" would occur during non-doctor's office hours and that I would have to take him to the ER or something. But we have 4 hospitals in the area plus a new children's hospital!! Where do I go? Well...my mom told me back when I asked her but I still had to call 4 people to figure out where to go.

REWIND! Last Wednesday Brian went to Rochester for the Buffalo Bills training camp. My sister Amanda was with me for the evening so I decided to take the boys to the playground so that Colin could do some running. After all, the days are getting shorter, fall is approaching and Mommy has to go back to work very soon. Well.......worst decision EVER, Mommy!!! Colin went down the slide once.....ONCE!!! As he joyfully ran to climb back up for a second ride I lost sight of him for a second (I was waiting for him at the top) and I heard him kind of whimper. I got closer to him and he was rubbing at his eye. I could tell that he was having a serious debate with himself....my eye really hurts but I REALLY want to keep playing. I got even closer to him and forced him to let me look at his eye. I pulled his eyelid down and HELLO MR. UGLY GASH!! His eyelid had a mouth-like gash and it was talking to me, "Whatcha gonna do now, Mom? Huh?" Damn you talking gash! And with Mom in Maine and Brian in Rochester, Amanda and Allison truly saved the day! Amanda stayed with JoJo at home (baby whisperer...he was an angel for her - I mean, she whipped him into SHAPE!! :) and Alli came with me because she's a doctor (well....no. Not a doctor...but in the medical field). Off we went to Upstate with a bag full of tricks - crackers, juice, pacifier, trains, books, etc. We sat in the "Pediatric Waiting Room" where a kid proceeded to explain to me how, what I called a "door" was really a "gateway" due to the lack of an actual door, and a teeny little guy used a tissue to "blow his nose", aka making blowing-your-nose noises and repeatedly folding the tissue. SO cute! Alli and I played a fun game and we were finally called and taken..............TO ANOTHER WAITING ROOM! Then we were brought to a room smaller than my thumb and we WAITED some more! Colin was wonderful and even a little fun! His eye didn't bother him a bit. Alli and I were playing defense to make sure he didn't A) hurt the other eye or B) hurt the original eye even worse. We did a good job...the worst thing he did was use a blue crayon to color all over the sheets. Finally, Doctor Hottie Pants (aka Meredith Grey) came in and told us that he didn't think he needed stitches and Doctor Little Guy (aka Derek Shepherd) came in and told us that it did. Since it was already close to midnight and because Colin is ginormous, he decided to glue it instead. I told him to get some big guys to help hold him down. In comes Dr. Hottie Pants, Dr. Little Guy, Mr. Big Male Nurse and Mrs. Normal Female Nurse. They first tried putting him into this swaddling blanket/straight jacket type thing...but Colin was WAY too big for it. So they tied one arm down with Velcro, I took the other arm, Mr. Big Male Nurse took from his stomach to his thighs, Mrs. Normal Female Nurse took his legs, Doctor Little Guy took his big ol' noggin' and Doctor Hottie Pants had the glue. APPARENTLY the staff underestimated my little guy even though I warned them.....his right arm (Velcro'd arm) got loose and his legs came out of the nurse's grip. HA HA!And APPARENTLY they don't have doctors practice using the glue in their 8 years of medical school....because Colin ended up with a glued up gash as well as an eyelid glued to his eyebrow, glue all over the side of his face and a big glob of glue in the corner. Poor kid looked way worse than when we brought him in.

We went home after Colin calmed down and after another nurse came in and had me sign a pile of paperwork while explaining to me what to do with his stitches (uhhh....he doesn't HAVE stitches). Here's a pic before he was glued and some more of him from this night:

Like I said, JoJo was perfectly behaved for Aunt Manda. And speaking of JoJo....he is TOTALLY trying to crawl. Uh...who does he think he is!?!?!? He was JUST BORN!!!!! :) He actually turned 5 months old on the 21st. Where does the time go???? He still isn't the best sleeper. He likes to wake up screaming, act like he's starving, suck 3 times and fall asleep. Pain in the butt! But oh that smile....he warms my heart. He's looking so much like his brother lately. Here's a funny picture of JoJo:

Yes he IS wearing a Christmas bib in August!

I'm sick to my stomach about having to go back to work....I'll have to write more about that tomorrow but I am definitely losing sleep over it. :(