Suture Removal? On a Two Year Old?
Jul. 14th, 2009 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperToday was the day that we took Katie to her pediatrician's office to have her stitches out. Because parking in the neighborhood is frequently execrable, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daisy_knotwise stopped in front of the office, I unstrapped Katie, and we went upstairs while Gretchen went to look for parking. As a result, Katie had already been seen by the nurse and she and I were waiting in the little room when Gretchen and Julie arrived.
They got to hear the doctor -- not Katie's regular pediatrician, because he doesn't do this particular operation on children so young -- as she walked out and asked "What's next?"
"Suture removal."
The doctor picked up the folder. "Suture removal? On a two year old?"
By the time she got back to see us, her game face was on. She got the mega-magnifying goggles and the portable lamp so she could get a good look at the stitches as she removed them. I held Katie's hands and the nurse held Katie's head during the process. Only the last stitch was particularly difficult. And once again, Katie was a very good and very brave little girl.
I think the doctor was relieved.
And so was I. :)
daisy_knotwise stopped in front of the office, I unstrapped Katie, and we went upstairs while Gretchen went to look for parking. As a result, Katie had already been seen by the nurse and she and I were waiting in the little room when Gretchen and Julie arrived.They got to hear the doctor -- not Katie's regular pediatrician, because he doesn't do this particular operation on children so young -- as she walked out and asked "What's next?"
"Suture removal."
The doctor picked up the folder. "Suture removal? On a two year old?"
By the time she got back to see us, her game face was on. She got the mega-magnifying goggles and the portable lamp so she could get a good look at the stitches as she removed them. I held Katie's hands and the nurse held Katie's head during the process. Only the last stitch was particularly difficult. And once again, Katie was a very good and very brave little girl.
I think the doctor was relieved.
And so was I. :)