Bless Her Heart!

See this boo-boo? It's a whack on Annie's little head and a whack on her mommy's heart! Last night while Evie was in the bath, Anabelle slipped in a puddle on the bathroom floor as she tried to pull up on the outside of the tub. SMACK!!! She bled and cried like crazy. I called Ben in a panic, I don't generally panic, but last night I panicked! Evie followed us to the kitchen in tears exclaiming, "Oh she's bleeding, bless her heart! Bless her little heart!" (such a sweet big sissy - bless Evie's heart!) By the time Ben got home, the bleeding had stopped temporarily, but it kept reopening and bleeding again over the next hour and half. We finally decided to take her to urgent care for stitches or glue. Annie HATED the urgent care doctor, he was great, but she hated him. Ben and I had never seen her so angry before. Annie is not cool with even having her nose wiped, so you can forget checking out a boo-boo! When the doctor suggested that we take her to the hospital to be sedated for stitches, we asked if we could just hold her down while he glued. I honestly think he just wanted to send us away because she was hurting his feelings, I truly felt for the man, but we did not want to have her sedated unless absolutely necessary. Her cut is not all that deep, it's more wide and shallow. The whole wrestling/gluing portion of the night took about five minutes, a super heart wrenching five minutes!!! Anabelle is my cautious child of the two, I would have never guessed that she would be our first real injury. We've been parents for almost 4 years now, last night we agreed that we're doing ok if this was our first "big thing", but I certainly hope this is it for a while! Bless her little heart!!!