A few weeks ago, I am getting ready for Wednesday night church & I hear Kirkland scream, "MOMMY-PHILIP IS BLEEDING!". I was sure it was going to be just a scratch or something like that, but when I came into the hallway, Philip's whole face was covered in blood & it is dripping all over the place. He had a hemangioma over his right eyebrow that we were watching. The doctor said they usually go away on their own, so we were just waiting. Well, Philip either scratched it, or bumped it somehow & it came off. I can't even describe the amount of blood. I tried to hold pressure on it, but the blood was just pouring in his eyes & down my hand. I have never seen anything like it. Our house looked like a war zone!
The FedEx guy rings the doorbell during all this & panics when he sees Philip. He practically threw the package on the front porch. He wanted out of there.(In his defense, he did come by a few days later to check on him) Our friend Lisa, who is a doctor, came over to help. She opened the door & said "Oh my-that's frightening". She brought dry-sol, but it wasn't even slowing it down. Every few seconds, his whole face was covered in blood again. I couldn't rinse out the washcloth fast enough to keep his face clean. She said he definitely needed stitches. She said she could do them, or we could go to the ER. I chose her. So, on our kitchen table, she stitched up his eyebrow with all she had on hand, which was expired lidocaine & a c-section hook needle & thread. I almost passed out when I saw the needle & knowing she was going towards my babies face with that.
I held him down for the 1st stitch, but it still wouldn't stop bleeding, so she said we needed to do another one. I didn't think the poor little guy was going to let us do it again. Praise the Lord, Geoff got home from work then, so he was able to hold him down for the 2nd stitch.
Never a dull moment with the Cannons! :)
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