Stitches

I got a call around 10:45 this morning that Pennington had fallen off a bike at school and cut up his chin pretty bad. I rushed to pick Pennington up and found out that the silly kid thought it would be good idea to ride a bike down two stairs at school. Pennington didn't seemed bothered by the cut on his chin at all but his teachers were sure that he probably needed stitches. Pennington already had a cute little pink band aid on his chin when I picked him up so I couldn't see how bad it was. Johnny and Piper met us at Dr. Booths Office. Val (Dr. Booths Nurse) removed the band aid to find that his skin was separating and the cut was pretty deep. Pennington needed stitches for sure. Val numbed this chin with some gel and then Johnny and Pennington went into another room to get stitches while I sat with Piper. Pennington did really well with getting a shot in his chin to numb the area more. But he was not a fan of being held down for five minutes while Dr. Booth put SIX stitches in his chin. Below are some photos of Pennington's chin. WARNING SOME OF THEM ARE A BIT GRAPHIC.

Pennington arriving at the doctors office.

Pennington's cut up chin. Yucky!

Pennington on the operating table.

Pennington and Daddy after Pennington got his stitches.

Pennington riding his bike this evening like nothing even happened earlier today. I'm pretty sure this will not be his last set of stitches. :)