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Wordless Wednesday — Olivia Got Nine Staples in Her Head!

January 30, 2013 by Janice

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Wordless Wednesday

My brave girl got nine staples in her head this week!

Olivia never stops bouncing. I call her Tigger. This week, my little girl who never stops moving, gashed open her head while playing in the viewing area at the ice rink. Jackson was at his goalie practice and Olivia was keeping herself entertained playing with another child and somehow she ran/bounced into the sharp underside of a countertop.

Olivia was SO brave at the hospital, spending more time chatting with staff and giggling with her dad and me than she did crying. When her doctor cleaned and exposed the almost two inch long gash that sliced right through all the layers of her skin, Olivia just squeezed me as tight as she could and didn’t even cry. Of course, when the staples went in, she couldn’t hold in her screams. It was heartbreaking and I was very queasy by the end of the whole ordeal.

She had eleven staples – the doctor removed and redid a couple – and so the final count is nine staples in my sweet girl’s head. I am just so grateful all is well now and my girl is back to her bouncy self. Although I am really trying to get her to bounce a bit less and a lot more safely!

 

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Written by Janice, co-founder of this Mom Blog 5 Minutes for Mom


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24 Comments

  1. Tonia L. Clark says

    February 4, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Oh that looks awful! My son broke his wrist when he was 4 1/2 and I thought I was going to pass out looking at his lifeless arm! This is much worse! Yikes!
    Sure glad they didn’t have to shave her head. Here’s to a quick recovery and a brave little girl!

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  2. Desiree Eaglin says

    January 30, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    OMGosh! That looks so ouchy!

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  3. Paula J says

    January 30, 2013 at 11:01 am

    Poor thing!! Just reading the story and seeing the photo was difficult…

    Paula
    lifeasweknowitbypaula.blogspot.com

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  4. Karen A. Nelson ( says

    January 30, 2013 at 10:38 am

    Bless her heart! Glad she is doing better now. Staples don’t sound like a lot of fun.

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  5. Onica {MommyFactor} says

    January 30, 2013 at 10:34 am

    Oh wow. I’m glad everything was taken care of with minimal tears. The first time I took my son to the ER for an open wound, I was more upset then he was. That’s parenting for you

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  6. TaMara says

    January 30, 2013 at 9:37 am

    OUCH! That looks so painful! What a brave little girl.

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  7. another jennifer says

    January 30, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Oh no! Glad to hear she’s ok. My 7yo has been to the ER twice. One staple in his head and 7 stitches in his arm. He was a trooper at the ER. Now if we could only slow them down…

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  8. Anjanette aka. MommaYoung says

    January 30, 2013 at 9:25 am

    Oh Janice poor thing, but I bet it was harder on Momma..

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  9. HomeVenn says

    January 30, 2013 at 9:16 am

    How horrible. You are right that she was super brave. But it also takes a super brave parent to watch stitches being put into their child’s noggin. The squeamish stomach takes out more than a few.

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  10. Star Traci says

    January 30, 2013 at 8:20 am

    Poor baby! I’m so glad that she’s okay.

    🙂
    Traci

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  11. Lolli says

    January 30, 2013 at 8:06 am

    Only Livvy would be giggling in the hospital bed like that. Hope she’s feeling fine and heals fast!

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  12. alicia says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Oh wow. So glad she’s going to be ok. That is one brave girl!

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  13. JOY says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:54 am

    Ouch! Bless her little heart!

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  14. Jill Robson says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:22 am

    Brave girl, i’m with you on the queasy feeling when you hear your child in distress, there is nothing worse. Brave Mum and Dad too.

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  15. Jenny says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:21 am

    wow poor baby. glad she’s ok 🙂

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  16. prasti says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:10 am

    oh my goodness! poor thing. i can understand the difficulty in watching your child in pain. i hope her wound heals quickly.

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  17. marina says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:00 am

    Oh no!!That sure is one brave little girl!!

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  18. A Rural Journal says

    January 30, 2013 at 5:56 am

    Ouch! Poor thing — looks like a nasty gash.

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  19. Jennifer says

    January 30, 2013 at 2:52 am

    Oh my gosh! What!!! She is definitely braver than I would be! Oh, your sweet girl – good on her for being so strong! I hope she heals really, really fast and that the staple removal will be pain free for everyone! 🙂

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  20. Colette S says

    January 30, 2013 at 2:33 am

    Ouch!!! That’s so hard to read, I know how you felt! It’s so hard to watch our babies in burdens.

    I hope she heals soon.

    Reply
  21. Candy says

    January 30, 2013 at 1:36 am

    Oh my goodness what a brave girl! I would have been freaking out too!! So glad it wasn’t worse. Hold her down from now on 😉

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  22. @PamelaMKramer - A Renaissance Woman says

    January 30, 2013 at 1:18 am

    ohhhhh poor baby! I’m glad to hear she is going better now. WOW – Poor Mama too. I would have been freaking out.

    Reply
  23. Smellyann says

    January 30, 2013 at 1:04 am

    Poor BABY!!! Ouch. I hope she’s back to her old self before you know it!

    Reply

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