Heads Up!

 Learning valuable lessons about not jumping off of the sofa and into the bookshelf.

 Putting on the brave face while waiting for the numbing to work.

The nitty gritty... not for the faint hearted....

 Up close..

 Keeping the numbing gauze in place...

 Chillin' back and watching Toy Story 2... He saw it from beginning to end.  It was a bit of a wait.

 Fortunately the movie wasn't over before the suture team arrived.  He was such a trooper with the stitches.  He only took his eyes off the movie when the needle for the final numbing was used. He refers to that as the bad part.  He says the special band-aids were great! (the stitches)
I must remember to utilize the greatest pillow case restraint.  It was used to keep him from reaching his hands into the area where they were working.  I think it will come in handy when brushing teeth, administering medicines or eye drops, when clipping toenails... or possibly even haircuts!!  The uses seem endless!  It is such a simple restraint with just a pillow case.

The perks of being so brave... and being 4 years old in a hospital E.R. for stitches. 

Yes I realize it hasn't even been two weeks since Miles was in an E.R. for a concussion and cracked skull.  I'm searching for a good deal on some helmets.  I'm thinking that boxing helmets look promising....

I'm sure we can make one look fashionable for Sarah.  

This of course only protects the head... 

It does nothing for the phone that Caleb dropped in the lake,

nothing for the car that Sarah bumped and dented,

ok.. would have been helpful to Miles,

and Whittaker, 

wouldn't have helped Emerson with his intestinal repairs earlier this year... 

or Figaro's (the cat) broken leg,

or unfortunately Patrick's broken tooth,

 that leaves.....

Duncan!

He is being confined to his bed 

...and bubble wrapped.