17 Stiches Later...

Our first camping trip of the Fall was definitely will remember! We went close to home at East Fork Park at Lake Lavon. Chilet, Jon, and Austin brought their new pop-up out for the first time. The boys had a blast taking walks to the lake (Austin thought it was a beach), playing on the playground, blowing bubbles, watching Blue's Clues (yes we take a T.V.!) and even riding on our friends' boat (they both passed out and used the boat experience as "nap time"). The weather was perfect and the food was great, but several things did go wrong!

We woke up to Caiden throwing up on Sat. morning but he didn't have a fever. He was pretty fussy and not hungry the entire day (but he still played!). We could tell he wasn't himself but he wasn't sick after about 9am. That afternoon, we were in the middle of a round of horseshoes and Chilet "scraped" her leg on the metal horseshoe post. We didn't really think she needed stitches but we were scared about her not having a tetanus shot in 12 years. So, we decided to go to to a place called FastER care in Richardson (the two on Wylie where we were, were closed) and found out quickly that she definitely needed stitches. We learned several things from this experience...

1. The Minute Clinic inside of CVS closes at 4pm on Sat. (thank goodness =)
2. You have an 8 hour window to get stitches from the time of an accident
3. Just because it doesn't seem deep, doesn't mean that it isn't
4. A 3 inch "laceration" requires 17 stitches
5. Butterfly band-aids and a first aid camping kit won't cure all "scrapes"
6. Wal-Greens pharmacy in Richardson closes at 6pm on Sat.
7. Wal-Mart pharmacy closes at 8pm on Sat.
8. You can get cheap Christmas gifts for boys (and I'm sure girls) at the Wal-Greens in Wylie
(they have a 24 hour pharmacy!)
9. A tetanus shot hurts worse than a 3 inch "scrape" the next day

She ended up surviving the stitches and tetanus shot and we made it back to the campsite in 2 and 1/2 hours. The boys had already made dinner and Caiden had passed out at 7:30 in Jon's arms.

BUT, at about 11:30, the little guy decided he wasn't done throwing up and decided he needed another round. At 12 I took him home to get some Pedialyte and we made a pallet on the floor to sleep. He woke up once around 3 and then went back to sleep until 6:45 when he woke up for good. He was back to his normal self so we decided to go out to the campsite for pancakes and one last walk to the lake with Austin (and to help Daddy clean-up)!

It was a fun trip, even with the trip to the ER and stomach bug. We are planning on going again, to a different park, in November. We already decided we need to locate the closest ER before we go...just in case, and we're bringing a medicine cabinet with Pedialyte in it too!

Just relaxing...

Looking at some birds

Touching the trees

Playing at the lake

Here is the request of a "little scrape and then 17 stitches later" picture...
I don't remember it looking that bad =)