Dr. Lauren to Emergency... Dr. Lauren to Emergency!!

Oh my dolls!! What funny things have you done for me lately??
Lauren is my gimpy girl these days--- 22 stitches to the leg! OUCH! At least this time she didn't lecture the doctor and make me sing while her stitches were being put in.
Lauren is our family 'accident child'. We are all very clumsy, but when Lauren does it.... she goes BIG!!! Last year at this time, she sliced the side of her foot. So there we were, Lauren bleeding all over the place. The doctor comes in with a needle full. He sits down and explains that he will be injecting the contents of the needle into her wound. It wasn't going to hurt, but that she would feel the pressure. He goes on to explain it will help numb the pain of him putting in the stitches. Here it goes.... needle in, and OMGsh!! Lauren wanted to rip his face off!! She gave him a look I had never seen (except on me, of course). She grabbed my hand and squeezed! UGH.. please give me some of whatever it is she is getting! STAT!!!
Whew, we got through the needle. On to stitches! Before the doctor breaks out the sewing kit, Lauren, with her big beautiful chocolate eyes says, "Mommy, will you sing to me while he is putting in the stitches"? Oh goodness! Now I'm the entertainment? I was just the squeeze toy a few minutes ago.
Of course I couldn't say no. And on we go! The doctor and his nurse swaying back and forth as they are sewing her up, me singing away!! LOL
When he was done, he proudly announced it was his first time stitching someone to live entertainment! Yikes! (i guess i was glad he didn't stitch my mouth shut, hee hee)
"All stitched up"! the Dr. tells Lauren.
"See, it wasn't bad at all, was it"?
OH NO-NO-NO!! Why did he have to ask that question!?!?!
Lauren looks at him with a softer kind of crazy and said, "You said that needle wasn't going to hurt. It did! Clearly you lied to me"! (oh heaven help me, she's going off)...
she twitched her head to the side and scolded him with her finger shaking up and down,
"I really think that if you are going to be doing this kind of job, you should tell kids how much it really hurts! It isn't nice to lie"!!

I wasn't even sure what to do at that point. She did tell him 'thank you'! :)

So with the first visit, and this last one on Monday, Lauren is thinking she has the hang of this whole 'stitch' thing and is confident she might be able to repair herself next time. Hmmm..... saves me a co-pay! Woo hoo!! If she does a really good job, we will take outside appointments! :P