First stitches

Well it was going to happen sometime I guess!

Quinn had a nice fall on a sharp coffee table corner Friday morning at our friends house. It went through her lip and bled like crazy. She was freaking mad and I was barely keeping it together as my friend helped get us into the van. I called Ian from work as I knew I couldn't drive and hold a bleeding 2 yr. old. He met us and we sped off to the hospital while Quinn thrashed and screamed and slapped me across the face numerous times. I BAWLED!

We went into the ambulance bay as we thought she would need/get immediate attention. We were mistaken. They sent us to the waiting room with a bloody child and her lip hanging open. 

We waited more than 6 hrs to get in. 

I took Hailey to a friends house within the first couple hours so she didn't have to wait too. 

They took us in to the suture room where they then sent us to do X-rays of Quinn's chest (she had a cold) before they would stitch her up. This was another awful ordeal. If you have seen the contraption they use to get toddler X-rays you know it wasn't pleasant. 

We went back to the suture room waiting at least another 30 min when they did her IV (she was pretty brave), attached her to monitors (her heart rate monitor went off every time a nurse/dr came in) and then sedated her. She really fought the sedation and they kept giving her more. The dr started numbing her lip before she was out with a needle. Poor kid kept pulling away and cried out. He could have waited 30 more seconds. Then Quinn was snoring and they stitched her up. 4 stitches on the inside and 6 on the outside. She was coming out of sedation before they were even finished. She was sitting up in a few minutes and back to normal within 10 minutes. 

It was over 7 hrs when we walked out of there. Congrats Alberta Healthcare on another ER FAIL. I would have opted for private healthcare today!

Quinn has been acting pretty normal and had a great sleep last night.

 We are so grateful for all those who helped out and sent their love and support. It was our first 'big' injury and we all survived it. I sure hope it doesn't happen again soon. That was too stressful for me!

A Frightful Scare

I had my second Dr.'s appointment today and, just like last time, ended up having to go to the hospital right away. The Dr. couldn't find the babies heart beat, which of course caused me some great anxiety, and sent me off to get an ultrasound right away. Thankfully our baby is just fine and was probably moving around too much to be able to catch the heart beat. Hmmm, an active baby already... I'm sure I will start feeling it soon. I am so grateful that our baby is alive and well. You don't realize how much you love and want something until you think it may be gone. I still didn't get to hear the heartbeat as the hospital ultrasound didn't have sound but I watched the heart- beat and was so relieved to see Bean wiggling around. He waved at us again!

Here is a picture of our baby, which now has legs (wooo hooo), but you can't see them cause the picture is kinda lame. It only shows the baby in the bottom corner with his left arm up waving at us. (no we don't know what sex the baby is but it is easier just to call it something and since we think it is a boy then that is what I am going to call it, until I find out otherwise)

Oh and the due date is now August 23rd (i knew it was later)