Stephen stephen stephen...

So, did the news of Stephen breaking his pinky again make the blog? Back at the end of October/early Nov - Stephen broke his pinky while Ice Skating.

We let him keep the brace off as of 1-2 weeks ago, yay. BUT last night, we were out to dinner and while we were waiting, Stephen slipped and fell - hitting his mouth on the bench. He's done this countless times, no big deal - teeth and gums bleed a lot. When we moved to brighter light, got some napkins and water, and took a real look...it was officially bad. Poor guy bit THROUGH his lip with four teeth.

Luckily, the urgentcare facility was NOT busy, they could treat him (kids and lips are difficult, but he made the cut!) AND the restaurant is reimbursing us for the bills - hallelujah!

I had to tell this story because there were some parts that I never want to forget! At a couple points, we had the receptionist and nurse ask if he's allergic to any medications. His response, "I'm allergic to snakes." "Mommy, tell them I'm allergic to snakes." And he was very serious.

Poor thing needed four people to hold him down while they administered lidocaine. The freaking out from that was over and now he was laying down just waiting for the stitches. While we were waiting, he felt his swollen lip with his hand and said, "what's this?" I said, "That's your lip, you can't feel it because that medicine made it numb."

Stephen started to cry, "I want to feel my lip!"

I quickly reassured him that it was only going to be for about an hour and then he would be able to feel it again.

They gave him a token for being good to pick out a prize when we were leaving. He analyzed the options very carefully before making his selection from the machine. It was SO COOL, he wanted to make sure Patrick had one. The machine took quarters too, so I let him get Patrick one. I wanted to cry. Patrick always would gladly accept a prize for himself without thinking twice (I probably would too as a kid). This just reminded me when it comes to people, Stephen CARES :)  I love that he has this trait at such a young age.

Of course he was treated to ice cream afterwards since he never had dinner and had such a miserable night. He only ate a few spoonfuls before he was feeling too tired.

Let's hope he won't get an infection!!!