i was just starting to wash some dishes and then i heard a cry.  a real cry.  not the fake, “i’m whining; give me some attention” cry i usually hear.  oh crap.

i go into the living room and ella is bent over in front of the fireplace, bleeding from her forehead.  aw geez.

i looked at her head and picked out a couple of hairs imbedded in her bloody cut.  gross.  she’s somehow managed to trip head-first into the corner bricks of our fireplace.  she was sporting a 1″ vertical cut, not real deep, but deep enough to send me screaming for tony.

we called the exchange and semi-patiently waited for our doctor to call us back.  and waited.  and waited.  not anxious to spend another $150 at the emergency room to have them tell us it’s nothing, this time we got the go ahead.  the waiting room was full of other parents and children in various stages of discomfort.  after about an hour wait, i guess a gaping wound isn’t much of an emergency, we finally got in to the doctor.  her cut wasn’t deep enough for stitches, thankfully, but she did get liquid sutures.  basically, glorified super glue holding her skin together.

one popsicle later, we were home, tired, but glad it was over.  we got her ready for bed, read two stories, then said our goodnights.

a mere ten minutes later, another cry.

guess who tore off her liquid suture?

so back to the emergency room.  another hour wait in the waiting room.  this time there was another bloody forehead kid and a kid all cut up from a terrarium.  i guess it gets more interesting the later in the evening it is.  another hour of the doctor in and out of the room.  we didn’t get home until one.  and this time, no popsicle.

ugh.  before bed we had a nice discussion about the negative consequences of picking and how mommy and daddy were done going to the emergency room.  she agreed to the terms and conditions, and we’ve since had no problems.

now, we’ll see how it heals and if this affects her future career in forehead modeling.

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