7 Stitches

Last night, Klein and Max were riding their bikes and had a head on collision. We weren't outside and didn't see what happened but Max came running into the house to say that Klein was bleeding. I rushed outside and our neighbor was carrying a blood covered Klein toward me. She said that Max turned around and was going full speed but couldn't see Klein because the sun was just going down. It was the most horrible sight-- there was so much blood and Klein was screaming. We got her and the other two kids into the car, make a quick stop at Grandma's and the headed to the emergency room only to have to wait forever. When they brought in a little TV and movies, I figured we were in for a long night. The worst part was the clean up shower and the hair washing which she doesn't like anyway. The numbing part was also pretty bad but when the doctor finally started putting the stitched in, she fell asleep. She has seven total stitches in two different places. It was a four hour adventure but Klein was really brave.

We definitely need to enforce the helmet wearing for all bike riding.

A funny coincidence is that Max also had seven stitches when he was Klein's age. Although his accident happened during church...