Hunter's 1st Set of Stitches...Hopefully His Last!

Yesterday, my handsome little guy had to get stitches:( At least he cut the back of his head and didn't risk scaring his beautiful face:) We had just gotten to our friend's house (the Malletts) for family home evening, when Hunter ran in front of Alyssa while she was swinging. I didn't see it happen, but Alyssa said she knocked him down and he hit his head on the rocks. We first ran to the emergency room at the hospital and there were probably 75 people waiting in the waiting room. Seriously, who goes to the emergency room on a Monday night at 6:00. Hunter was the only one that was even bleeding. The lady at the front desk informed us that it was going to be a while. After waiting for 5 minutes, I realized Hunter's pediatrician's office has after-hour care. I called and asked if the doctor could do stitches that night, and she told me he could and we wouldn't have to wait very long to get in. Wonderful!!! 3 minutes later we were in the waiting room at the doctor's office. FYI-most parents seem to keep their sick kids on the "sick" side of the waiting room during office hours, but let me tell you...nothing was off limits last night. All of the kids there with runny noses and fevers were playing with the toys. Seriously...what were those parents thinking?!!! "Sick entrance" means sick entrance!!! Anyway, it was so sad when the doctor stitched him up. They had to strap him to a papoose board face down while Rob held his head still:( He kept crying, "Mom...Mom...Mom!!!" It broke my heart to sit there helpless:( He ended up with 7 stitches and was back to himself in no time at all.