Just a couple stitches

[pegkerr]

I opened the kitchen cupboard door to look for the rice, stooped to look in the lower cabinet, fishing around for quite a while to find other ingredients, and then stood up--and smashed my head on the underside edge of the open upper cabinet door. I yelled pretty hard and called for the girls, sending Fiona to run next door to fetch a neighbor, as I could feel blood trickling through my fingers and Rob wasn't home. Delia was quite frightened by the blood, but I pulled myself together and told her not to worry, that head owies always bleed a lot, but that doesn't mean they're serious.

And it wasn't. The gash was only about 1/2" wide. The bleeding stopped pretty quickly, and so I called Rob at the store to tell him to come home and sent the girls next door to wait for him and drove myself to the Urgent Care. I'm home again, with stitches in my scalp and antibiotic goo in my hair, and I've just taken the Tylenol that I need very very badly.

This has been a rotten day in more ways than one.

Think I'll go to bed before it gets any worse.

Peg

Comments

[dejaspirit.livejournal.com]

*sings a lullabye* sometimes even us mommies need them.. Feel better soon.

[aome.livejournal.com]

*hands over consolation chocolate and an ice pack*

Ouch. That sounds awful. (On the other hand, I suppose it'll distract you from your lip woes....)

I hope tomorrow is better. Friday. :)

[rhiannon333.livejournal.com]

*hugs Peg gently*

I too send consoling choccies and agree, a good sleep is what you need, and tomorrow things will look and feel much better.

[pameladean]

Ow ow ow. I've done that, but not to such catastrophic effect. I'm shorter, maybe that's why. I hope you feel better in the morning.

Pamela

[queerasjohn.livejournal.com]

*winces* Ow. As a 6'3"er, I feel your pain.

D'you think the scar will be lightning-bolt shaped? :D

Laughs

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but it's under my hair (fortunately) so no one will be able to tell.

Cheers,
Peg

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Hope you managed to get a good night's sleep and feel better this morning. Am going to try tomorrow and find one of your books to read :D Will let you know if I'm successful!

[corinnethewise.livejournal.com]

Feel better! ::huggles::

[misia.livejournal.com]

Ow! As my mother would say, don't DO that!

And as I would say, I sincerely hope that a good night's sleep, some painkillers, and lots of love from your family have sent it well on its way to being completely and unremarkably healed.

[irielle.livejournal.com]

OUCH. Hope you're feeling better after what was hopefully a good night's sleep.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

*hug*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor dear. Happy your brains are still in your head. Take good care.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Oh, very happy for you that it wasn't worse, commiseration on stitches, and hopes for happy and thorough and quick and clean healing.