The Girl With the Cool Eyes.....

Just sayin...
You can't ever go out of town without a little drama huh?? Well....the minute (yes, minute) we were literally getting in the car to head to the beach the day after Christmas, our little 44 lb. package of "drama-major!!" decided to run headlong into our wrought iron barstool. The barstool won. She cut her eye pretty badly....and tends to be pretty darn LOUD whenever ANYTHING happens. So...groceries were in the car, melting popcicles were on the Mommy's mind, in addition to "What the heck are we going to do with this eye that is obviously needing medical attention??" The other kids were already buckled in their seats and this lovely little blonde had run back inside to get "Ducky". Now, realize this is kid #4 so we've been through our share of kid-bleeding-screaming-scrapes-bumps-cuts-bruises...but this seemed more than the usual.I took a deep breath. (In...Out..) Ok. Called Dad. Dad came and gave us 3 choices. (Dad is a MD. Let's just say...the man comes in handy quite a bit:))
In order of our choices:
1. Stitches (you're talking holding down DramaChild for stitches close to her eye. Ugh! Not to mention the shot to numb the boo-boo. No...no...no...No...NOOOO...thanks. Did I say no thanks??!!)
2. Glue (this just seems wrong. Super glue is for toys and plastic parts. Not your body...and especially beautiful eyes like these!)
3. Do nothing now....if it scars badly, we'll fix that when she's older. (now we're getting somewhere!!)

Can you guess what choice we made? It was hard...but we chose to clean and disinfect it well several times a day...and left it open. Now...it has healed beautifully and those eyes are captivating us once again. :) Because she has blond eyebrows, we may choose have to have the scar altered when she is older. Much, much older. Much, much much, much, much ...older. Maybe when she's a senior citizen. I used to say Julie was the most dramatic of the 5...but I do believe this one has her beat. That will please Julie bunches!! and..... gives us lots of stories for Miss K for when she's older. Now would you believe ....out of 5 kids, no one has ever broken a bone? We have a pretty good track record I think. :) and....last but not least....aren't those freckles we just brought home from the beach cute??