Brianne Gets a Boo Boo

One Sunday evening, Brianne was in the bath tub, getting ready to climb out. Some how, she slipped and her chin connected with the edge of the tub. Marty and I were both within arms reach of her, but couldn't catch her in time. At first, we couldn't figure out where the blood was coming from, but she looked up at Marty and her little chin had a 1 inch split in it. Brianne cried for a minute from the initial shock of it, but then she was totally calm. Marty and I snapped into action, got her dressed and rushed off to the emergency room.

The Cleveland Clinic ER in Weston was surprisingly calm at 8:30pm on a Sunday evening. We were the only people there, and only had to wait for 5 minutes. The doctors were very nice and efficient, and had Brianne patched up within 10 minutes. Brianne was a champ through the entire ordeal, and sat very calmly as the doctors attended to her. Luckily, they could close her boo boo with skin glue and super band aids, and she didn't have to have stitches.

Here is Brianne showing off her special "stickers". We were very fortunate that our first ER experience was as easy as it was. Hopefully, we will not going back any time soon!



One month later: Brianne only had to wear her special stickers for a week. Her wound is all healed up, and is just a pink line on the under side of her chin. With diligent Mederma application, we think she will have very minimal scarring.