We made it to 2

We made it past our 2nd birthday, just by 2 days, before we made our first trip to the ER.




Poor Brittyn was on a potty Friday night that was taller than any potty she normally sits on. When she hopped off, she fell, and her feet went behind her. This potty just so happened to have a separated crack in the porcelain base. She sliced her 3rd and 4th toes on her right foot open on that crack. I looked down at the floor a few seconds later and realized she was pouring blood for somewhere. I hollered for Ben while searching for where the blood was coming from. We soon realized her toes were cut. Ben grabbed some paper towels to put pressure on them but the blood soaked through. In the meantime Brittyn is screaming and sweating from being in so much pain. After about 30 minutes or so we got her calmed down and were able to get a good look at her toes. That is when we realized they weren't just cut, they were sliced pretty deep. Her 4th toe actually was sliced from the tip of her toe nail all the way to the bottom of her toe and was just barely attached. Because we couldn't get it to stop bleeding and it was too thick of a skin flap to just cut off, we loaded the girls up and headed to the ER. After waiting 2 hours in the ER before being seen by a doctor, we had the bleeding almost stopped. The doctor said that since it was cut at her toe nail they wouldn't be able to stitch it and she felt that since the was cut so thick that the skin would reattach so they glued 2 steri strips to hold it closed. Then they put gauze covering it and bandaged it up past her ankle. We were told to leave it on there until Sunday evening. If it looks like it is beginning to heal together we can leave it off and just keep a band-aid on it. For some reason I don't think she will leave a band-aid on, but we will see. We were instructed to keep her out of the water and not to let her outside to play for 4 or 5 days. That is the part I am concerned about. If only they knew how challenging that would be! We live outside and in the water these days. But we don't want to end up with an infection so we will follow the instructions, and pray for a fast healing! This morning she was favoring it a lot, and really wouldn't walk much. When she did walk on it she was crying, but after some Motrin, a snack, and a nap....she is back to running all over the place. She is sure to let us know when she bumps it though. Bless her heart, it makes me hurt just looking at it, but she was such a trooper. The only real crying she did was the first 30 minutes and then once we got to the ER she only cried when the nurse was cleaning her toes. She did GREAT!



It was just a freak accident that isn't really anyone's fault, but man it sure makes this momma feel bad! I will be making sure she doesn't hop off the potty on her own anymore.