This child is going to put me in an early grave

Eric and I decided to take the kids to the pool today with some friends of ours.  Everything was going great and the kids were having a blast.  We had about half an hour left until it was time for us to leave, so I told the boys to play as much as they could because we would be leaving soon.  Logan went down the slide and as he got up to slide again, he slipped.  He ended up hitting his chin on the end of the slide.  He cried for a while but quickly recovered.  I walked up the hill with him to slide again.  About halfway up, I glanced down at him and blood was pouring down his neck and chest.  I.Freaked.Out!

I grabbed his hand, raced down the hill, and took him to the check-in area.  Once I got down there with him, I checked under his chin and he had a horrible looking gash on it.  He was bleeding faster than I could clean him up.  I bandaged him up and we went straight home so I could get him dried off, into regular clothes, and taken to the ER.  I just knew he was going to need stitches. 

We ended up having to wait in the ER for about two and a half hours before he was seen.  Thankfully I had gotten his bleeding to slow down a lot.  When he finally got taken back, the doctor looked him over and confirmed that he definitely needed stitches.  I was so scared.  This was our first major injury.  I felt like crying but didn't want to scare Logan, so I stayed strong.  He ended up with 6 stitches and didn't even flinch!  I am so proud of him.  He was so brave.  I can't believe he didn't even cry. 

The doctor was even telling him how brave and how much of a big boy he was being.  She told us about a patient she'd had a while back, probably around 8 or 9, that came in and needed stitches and it took every person on the ER staff that night to hold him down! 

The nurse that was assisting the doctor told Logan she was going to give him a popsicle for being so brave :)  He really enjoyed that.  He chose a purple one. 

                       This is Logan all bandaged up waiting on the doctor to come put his stitches in.

                                                    Stitched up and eating his popsicle. 

                                           After his bandage was allowed to come off.