Alan 's Lip

June 15, 2008

Want to see what happens when a 2 x 4 falls on you?

You get a busted lip!

This is what happened to Alan last night. We had a very long night.
Alan and I spent 6 hours in the emergency room.
Thank you so much Kristi, Pat and Hunter for watching Carrigan for me.

Below are some pictures that I took
Yes I took my camera with me - it goes everywhere I go - LOL!

This is a picture that I took before we left the house.
I sent it to Rusty to make sure that Alan
needed to go to the ER. Pat verified it when I dropped
Carrigan off.



Here is Alan after they gave him the first round of numbing medicine.
As you can see - he is not a happy camper. We (me and the nurse)
had to fight with him to get him to lay down on the bed. Once he finally did,
he realized that it didn't hurt.



This is after the 2nd round of numbing medicine. They also gave
him Versed - short-acting benzodiazepine general anesthetic adjunct for
preoperative sedation. About 10 minutes after he took this medicine,
he was out.



The groggy medicine kicked in and he finally fell asleep.



When the doctor came in, it was time to put the stitches in. Of course,

Alan woke up and even though he was medicated - he wanted no part in it.
After the doctor tried twice to get his stitches in - they decided that we needed
to sedate him. It was a good thing because about half-way through the
second attempt - I almost passed out. My knees got weak, I started getting hot
and cold and the doctor said that I was looking pretty pale. I had to sit down.

It was breaking my heart hearing Alan scream at the top of his lungs while I
was holding his hands down, a nurse was sitting on him and another nurse
was holding his head still while the doctor tried to work. This was an
experience that I hope I never have to go through again.

Before they sedated him, they had to put an IV in his hand. That was
also something that I hope I never have to experience. Alan was
making sounds and screaming like I've never heard him do before. They
also had to strap him onto a board that had velcro on it so that he could not move.
Alan was also crying for his Daddy. He kept saying that he wanted to get up
and he wanted his Daddy to fix his lip. They put a board on his little hand so he
could not bend it. He didn't like that either.

Once the doctor gave him ketamine (a rapid-acting general anesthetic) he was out
like a light. This medicine was alot different then the first one.

Once the doctor was finished stitching him up and Alan started waking up -
he wanted me to take his picture (yes - I asked him first). Here he is
smiling in-between falling back asleep.



We got home this morning somewhere between 330am -345am.
Alan is still sleeping and so is Carrigan. Carrigan was
really worried about her little brother.

Alan will be fine. The scar can take anywhere between 6 months -
1 year to heal up. He's still my little handsome man!

Thanks again to Kristi and Pat for watching Carrigan and to Barb
for staying awake to hear how he was doing.