Gabby's Accident
Well, for those of you who have yet to hear of Gabby's fall . . . here is the damage done. This pic above was taken yesterday when we went in for a bandage change, she is closing here eyes because the light is so bright! Here is HER story of what happened (Andy was doing dishes and I was in the shower, so neither of us saw it): Gabby says that she was throwing a ball up in the air and trying catch it herself, she slipped and fell onto our not-so-forgiving marble floor and well . . . you can see for yourself, she gashed open her chin. Oh, and by the way, this all happened on Mother's Day =+)!!
Well, for those of you who have yet to hear of Gabby's fall . . . here is the damage done. This pic above was taken yesterday when we went in for a bandage change, she is closing here eyes because the light is so bright! Here is HER story of what happened (Andy was doing dishes and I was in the shower, so neither of us saw it): Gabby says that she was throwing a ball up in the air and trying catch it herself, she slipped and fell onto our not-so-forgiving marble floor and well . . . you can see for yourself, she gashed open her chin. Oh, and by the way, this all happened on Mother's Day =+)!!
It took a plastic surgeon and a total of 10 stitches (3 under the skin to sew the muscle back together and 7 on top of the skin) and our girl was back together again. There was oh so much blood, and a bit of a scare for all of us. Since I was in the shower, all I heard was Andy yelling "Bethany, get out here, we have to go to the hospital!!" I ran out, got dressed and gave Gabs some liquid ibuprofen to ease the pain a bit. We jumped in the car and were at the hospital in minutes. When the E.R. Dr. got to us and checked her out, he said that it would be best if a plastic surgeon did the job, because there was muscle to be reattached. So, we of course gave him the go-ahead to call in the on call plastic surgeon. The plastic surgeon was there within about 40 minutes, put an IV in Gabby (which she wasn't fond of, but was such a trooper) and then put some sedative into Gabby girl to keep her calm and still for the surgery. Andy held her arms to her sides and a nurse held Gabby's head still. Gabs was actually pretty funny during the surgery, she kept giggling (due to the drugs in her system) and telling me to look at the purple and green on the ceiling (which was not there=+)). God knew that I needed a bit of a laugh, I was a bit stressed to say the least.
She gets the stitches out on Sunday, please be thinking of the wound, that it wouldn't get infected and that it would heal quickly with minimal scaring (she's a girl after all, and we don't like those nasty scars!!) Thanks for checking out the blog . . . we miss and love you all as usual!!
3 comments:
Ouch! Gabby you and Cayla now have matching chins. Cayla fell on a slide when she was 4 1/2 and had to get her chin stitch back together. It looks like you were very brave.
Love ya all!
The Beckmeyer's
Good job Gabby! I'm keeping you in my "thoughts." Don't worry, it will heal quickly. I have a scar on the left side of my upper lip from when our dog bit me when I was 4. I had to get 3 or 4 stitches and although over the years it has gotten smaller and been less noticable, it's still visible at times. :)
Kelley
Gabby, you are simply an amazing little girl! How brave you were at the hospital and how helpful you were to your mommy by keeping her laughing. Tim and I both have had to have stitches but not nearly so young. You'll have to tell Grant all about you accident. Lots of love, Shana
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