The Terrifying Scream

There is nothing more terrifying then when your child gets hurt, especially when it's something this serious. My heart still aches just talking about this but I feel the need to share this with all of my readers.

The scariest moment of my life. When my 2 year olds head is split open and there is blood everywhere. My heart sank right away and I thought I was going to get sick. I started to hysterically cry and shaking like you would not believe. We got his things together and I put him in my car and drove like a crazy person to the hospital. The longest car ride of my life. My sister in law was trying to keep my son awake because we didn't know if he had a concussion or not. A few minutes later we arrive at the hospital and I took my son out of the car and ran into the hospital and screamed "2 year old with a serious head injury we need help now!" They took us back right away thank god. He wasn't crying but I was. The nurses put this numbing cream on his head before they even looked at it really just to stop the pain.

He did not like the numbing cream

     So rewind a few hours my son was playing with a snow globe that he always plays with, I was downstairs and my sister in law was watching him. I hear my son crying and I was just thinking to myself oh he just fell he'll be okay in a second then when I still heard him crying and my mom say "Melissa get his things together were going to the hospital" I thought to myself, oh my God what the hell happened? My mom pulls the towel off my sons head and there is a gaping hole in my child's forehead. He split his head open on the snow globe as he was trying to lay down with it. It all happened so fast there is nothing I, my mom, or my sister in law could have done to stop it. It was just a freak accident.

     So back to the hospital, my husband arrived and my son could not have been happier to see his daddy. I was so relieved that my husband was there I just hugged him and broke down. Our poor little baby has a huge hole in his head and is going to need stitches at just 2 years old. So a few minutes later they bring the papoose in (basically a straight jacket for a kid) and strap him in and start stitching him up. I couldn't look, I just held his feet and hysterically cried. My husband was up by his chest helping the doctors hold him down. I was too much of a mess and I didn't want my son seeing me like that because I knew it would upset him even more. The doctors put 3 inner stitches in to close the wound and 7 outer stitches in. He actually fell asleep as they were stitching him up. That helped me calm down a lot as well because he wasn't screaming and crying for me anymore. So after they stitched him up and everyone was out of the room we woke him up and he was terrified. I guess he forgot for a second what happened then remembered and started crying again. But after a few minutes he was fine. He got stickers and lollipops galore! He was a happy camper after that.

 

Day 1 with stitches

The first time he saw his stitches Day 2

He looked a little silly with a huge band aid on his head for 10 days but it was worth it.

    The next 10 days didn't get any easier either. We had to keep it covered at all times and put what we call "magic lotion" on it. Really just medicine, but telling him it was magic lotion made it a lot easier to get on and off. We were leaving for the shore on Saturday and this happened on a Tuesday morning so leaving for the shore just got a whole lot more difficult. But we managed. Nico had a great time down the shore. He got his stitches out 10 days after it happened and his scar is looking better and better every day. I am so thankful that he is okay. I thank God every day that it wasn't worse. Even though it was really bad, it could have been worse.

After his stitches were out

His scar is looking better and better every day. I will be putting a mixture of coconut oil and vitamin E oil on it every day until its gone or pretty much gone.