Eli was out riding his bike and came in with blood pouring out of his mouth! He'd hit a parked car and managed to cut open his lip pretty good. I wasn't overly worried about it because it didn't seem deep and actually stopped bleeding pretty fast, but it looked pretty ugly. I texted my mom a picture to get her thoughts, and she showed it to my nurse brother who recommended going to an urgent care to see if he needed stitches. He did. In fact, he needed seven stitches. He is our first (and hopefully last) stitches experience, and Jason said he was so brave.
He's been very patient with his lip that swelled to about twice it's normal size for a couple of days, and me putting Vaseline on it all the time. A week later it looks a lot better and we're glad for modern medical care!
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Poor little lip! SO glad JD said to go get it stitched. It looks so sad.
Lips are so visable that they usually stitch them. The same lasceration on an arm or leg would be fine with a little tape. We are blessed to have access to good care.!
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