Murphy's Law

Rose has been doing an excellent job of being careful with her stitches.  She hasn't been too active or crazy, she wasn't going to go to gymnastics tomorrow...we even switched her dentist appointment to avoid any possible bumps to the face.  We were taking every precaution we could think of aside from wrapping her in bubble wrap from head to toe, yet somehow, her stitches still managed to get busted open!  

Today while laying on the floor in the school room doing a reading lesson, Rose rolls over at the exact time that Ava trips and falls directly on Rose's chin!  Tears and blood flow from my poor 5 year-old's face.  So, I call a babysitter, who was luckily able to be at my house in 30 minutes, and I take Rose back to the ER.

We were in and out of the hospital in an hour, with brand-new stitches (6 this time!).  The doctor was very good.  He took his time and put more stitches in to help reduce scarring.  The only good thing that came out of the ordeal is that the doctor said that part of the skin on the original cut was jagged from hitting the sidewalk and as it was healing, the skin was not going together as smoothly as they'd like.  He smoothed out the skin and stitched her up really well and said now the scar should be less noticeable than with the first set of stitches!  Thank God for good doctors!

Rose was such a good sport!  I couldn't be prouder of how she handled the whole situation.  She was so brave, even though she knew exactly what she would have to go through again.  A cotton-candy slushy from Thorntons and burger from McDonalds seemed to make everything better ;) 

Murphy's Law...whatever can go wrong, will go wrong!

If you could say a prayer for her quick recovery and for her SAFETY...it would be greatly appreciated!

Hugs!