Stitches

Well, you would think by our 4th child we would be well acquainted with stitches. Amazingly enough, we headed to the ER last night for our first set. Yep. Ayden Jane again opens new worlds to us.

It was actually a 'typical' accident. She was fresh out of the shower and wrapped in her towel. Down she went on the bathroom tile. She split open underneath her chin and it required 4 stitches. Now for the odd Ayden Jane part. We had trouble about a year and a half ago (18 months of age?) with this same thing. When Ayden Jane was learning to walk she would fall, frequently, and had poor reaction time to 'catch' herself. As a result she hit her head. A lot. When she would hit pretty hard, she would breathe in and then hold it... and hold it... She would turn pale as a ghost and nearly pass out then finally breathe. At that age it would take a long while to come completely back to life, but she would recover and be off ready to fall again.

It has not happened in a long time. Then again, Ayden Jane has developed pretty quick reflexes and is able to react to a fall and protect her face... Last night was a hard hit and she again held her breath for a seemingly endless time. Gary blew in her face, tapped her... all the things he could think of to get her to respond and nothing. Finally as she was about to pass out, air. What did surprise me was that it wasn't but a couple of minutes and AJ was talking and goofy and wanted to get down and walk around and seemed fully recovered. (Then realized it hurt and wanted to cuddle) Now I am not sure that the breath holding is PWS as our son went through a similar bout when he was about 4-5. He turned blue and did actually pass out so it is different somehow.

Then it was off to the hospital. Ayden Jane was awesome. It is was a little too obvious, however, that she is right at home in the hospital setting. As they were stitching her up, they actually had to tell her to stop talking! Yep. Not screaming or crying... She was just concerned that they would forget to give her stickers when it was over and she felt the need to tell the doctor, "that hurt my chin," each time she put a stitch in. Crazy kid.