Ava's stitches

Sitting at the Kaiser Urgent Care Clinic in Vancouver tonight, waiting to have a cut under Ava's eye looked at.

She fell and hit our coffee table late this afternoon. 

She got 3 stitches (the scratch on the other side was a previous injury)it was very traumatic for everyone.  Rielee and Harper were so scared when they saw the blood,  all three were hysterical.  Papa cleaned up Ava while I tried to calm the kids down, but they couldn't calm down. At the mention of the word "doctor", Ava and Harper were

hysterical on top of hysterical.  Harper was not going to let us take Ava to the doctor, and Ava wasn't about to go...add to that the fact that just before the accident, both Ava and Harper had stripped down to their panties and were getting ready to dress-up, so we had to somehow get clothes on them. 

We met Charb and Kelly in LaCenter.  The girls calmed down in the car ride there, Ava even fell asleep, which kind of scared us.  She was so happy to see her Mom and Dad.  At the clinic, when she got a shot, we could heard her screaming, I took Harper down the hall because she was upset at the sound.  Then a new round of screaming when they stitched her up, poor Ava, she was so scared.  Such a  tough night for her, and Mom and Dad, they were worn out from having to both calm her down and hold her down, and seeing their baby in pain.  Ava came out with stickers the nurse gave her, she got one for Harper, too.  Papa and I felt just terrible that it happened at our house, terrible seeing the kids all so upset, terrible listening to Ava being treated, but so grateful that she's going to be okay.

Happier times just before, playing at their new desk.