Rylan's first set of stitches... and hopefully his last!

About a month ago Rylan was climbing around like he always does over the couch and the end table next to it. Some how he slipped and he either hit the picture frame that was sitting on the table or bit his lip when he landed (all I know is that the picture frame fell to the floor)? There was a lot of screaming and crying, but after calming him down...all was well and he went about his usual business of playing and running around the house. The only problem was this small cut on his lip....


Do you see how tiny that little cut is! Who would have thought something so small would cause such a huge ordeal?! It concerned me enough to take Rylan in to make sure that he didn't need stitches and sure enough he did. However, with his age (21 Months- Not even 2 yet- Crazy kid!) and the spot where he cut it (right over his lip line (some lip and some skin) the doctors wanted to sedate him so that they could make sure they lined up his lip just right.

In order to do this they had to put an IV in his hand... and all I have to say is DRAMA!! Screaming of bloody murder and probably the worst part of the whole process! But in the end he got a cute little wrap around his hand so that he wouldn't mess with it until they were ready to begin.


He wasn't a fan of it. He poked and picked...


And when that didn't work, he even tried to bite it off...


The whole process took forever and seemed much more dramatic then it needed to be all because of where he cut his lip at and the fact that he was so young. The following picture shows a little of the bed and room that they did it in. Just proof that this was going to be one expensive bill :)

(Rylan recovering after they finished and slowly waking up out of the sedation.)

He got three stitches that day.


All because of a simple fall over something that he does everyday! Life sure is never boring! Great story to tell though to his friends and own kids some day! Rylan is definitely all boy!