Poor Ashley

This past Saturday evening, Trent took Ashley and Jon to the Middle School parking lot to ride their bikes. During a race, Ashley hit a bit of a hill that she didn't realize was a hill and lost control of her bike. She crashed and scraped up her chest and knees and an arm. Those were all very surface scratches and not a big deal, but just below her nose, she had a couple small but deep gashes. This meant Ashley's first trip to the emergency room for herself and Tiffany's second for one of her children this year!

Ashley was in a screaming panic over just the thought of getting stitches. We got her calmed down and to the ER. She was anxious every time someone knew examined her until we finally got to the doctor who said definitively they would use glue (dermabond) and not stitches for Ashley's wound. It was a good wound and location for glue, and apparently, the glue will help minimize the scaring.

Ashley is now diligently following the instructions she received in the hospital about not getting the wound wet, not touching or rubbing the area where the glue is, keeping it out of direct sunlight etc. As a result of keeping her upper lip as still as possible for the first day or so, she always looked so sad even when she wasn't. I thought keeping a stiff upper lip meant not looking so sad. I guess not.

The glue should break down and the butterfly strips come off by the weekend. We will then wait for the scab to fall off and start the mederma.

On a funny note, Ashley went back to school yesterday and had P.E. It turns out that another girl in Ashley's class also got stitches AND broke her nose over the weekend. The two of them found companionship and fun in being able to throw balls at anyone, but no one could throw at them because of their injuries. Ashley was so excited about this. She couldn't wait to tell me about it when she got out of school. It sounds almost like cheating to me, but I am glad the two girls could comfort each other and find some fun in their state of injury.