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while packing up the aforementioned Stripey, boo cut herself something fierce which prompted a trip to Urgent Care. i was taping up the bottom of the box with one of those industrial tape dispensers. after taping, i simply set it down on the floor where boo and i were working on getting to box together, she was drawing pictures on it. when i got up to get a pen and card out of my purse i hear her whine a little bit, i ask what’s wrong, turn around and see blood gushing from her hand.

this is where she started to freak out a little bit.

i grabbed her hand and walked her to the bathroom to put it under running water. this looked like a scene from a horror movie. i mean, is there is a certain look to blood swirling with water. the water keeps running, the blood keeps gushing, you think of that scene in Poltergeist with the guy pulling his face off and the chunks fall into the sink. ok, it wasn’t that bad, but still this is my daughter we are talking about!

to say that boo was brave is an understatement. once i turned the water off and got some tissue to put pressure on the gash she had dripped more blood into the sink. but she was starting to calm down. we went back to sit in the living room for a bit with me applying pressure holding her hand above her head. by the time hubbin got downstairs (he was in the shower the whole time), it was still bleeding pretty badly. he tried to tape it up, but she bled right through so i made the decision to take her to Urgent Care.

now, i’m not one of these mom’s that takes their kid in for every little thing. but gashes that don’t stop bleeding after ten or fifteen minutes need to be looked at. thankfully, the urgent care TV was tuned to SpongeBob and boo was content to just sit on my lap, snuggling and looking pitiful. to my amazement, buns was the one to really cheer her up. he was blowing raspberries (his new six-month-old trick) and she found this really funny.

the nurse ended up putting some kind of surgical strips over the wound. three strips because she’s three years old, she got three stickers and now mom needs three glasses of wine. she was pretty tuckered out though when it was all said and done. she had huge circles under her eyes (massive blood loss?) and fell asleep before we finished one book.

i feel like an idiot. it’s basically my fault she got hurt. but i’m really glad i didn’t second guess myself for taking her to Urgent Care. the doctor said even though boo didn’t need stitches, we got really lucky. i know he’s right, but i’m still freaked out.