OUCH!

While away at a dinner, Port and the grandparents headed out to the grocery store. While Porter was running up ahead he turned back to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa when he fell into a metal piece jutting out from a shelf. They said at first they thought he had just bumped his head but then the blood started rushing down his face. To hear Porter tell it now "I had blood all over my hands and face, and got a blue balloon".

Luckily they were on the toilet paper aisle and were able to get some presure on the puncture site. The staff at the store were great to get assistance and let them leave their groceries there while they went to the InstaCare. Grandpa and his amazing pocket knife cut a regular bandaid into a butterfly bandage and kept the skin together until they arrived at the doctor.

While there they had a really hard time stopping the bleeding. The nurse told me that it had to be really deep because after several applications of numbing gell when she washed the area with water he screamed at the top of his lungs.

When it came time for stitches they had to inject the area to make it numb. They told me they could strap him to the bed or I could hold him. I asked Porter what he wanted and he chose for me to hold his hands down. Levi held his legs, I held his hands and the nurse held his head.

I will tell you now I have never wanted to sob so hard in my life. I had tears flowing down my face trying to look brave for him. He locked eyes with me and full out screamed as they injected three times right into his puncture. He arched his torso and was obviously in excrusiating pain but my brave little boy didn't try once to let go of my hands just like he promised.

A ton of tears and three stitches later and we were out the door.

What a brave little buggy I have!