What happened: Bart was leaving for church with the three kids, Anna throws up all over her dress. So Bart quickly gets her changed and walks very fast to the church building pushing a stroller and trying to get Genny to keep up.
On to plan B: We certainly aren't going to send Anna to the nursery after she's thrown up. Unsure if she has a bug or just didn't chew her food well enough, we decide to take Anna and Alex back home. But that would have to be done after I get sustained for my new calling. So I get a sub to sub for the sub in primary ;) and Bart stays out in the foyer with Anna and Alex while Genny and I take our seats for Sacrament Meeting. About 10 minutes into the meeting they call for me to be sustained as the ward music director. Not two minutes after that...
Plan C takes over! I hear a LOUD scream from the foyer. I knew it was Anna. Just as I'm starting to rise out of my seat to go see what happened, my friend Heather, sitting in front of me, turns around as I hear my name shouted at me from behind, Heather GASPS! and then S L O W M O T I O N... I turn completely around to see Bart standing in the doorway holding Anna in front of him. All I can focus on is her blood covered, scared, little face screaming at me. I instantly leave the chapel and yell at some kid I don't know, sitting in the foyer, to take care of Alex. Knowing Genny would be fine with Dave and Heather, Bart and I took Anna in the bathroom to clean her up and assess what needed to be done. It was obvious...she needed stitches BAD!
So we handed Genny off to Heather to get to primary ok and Alex off to Maddison, his usual baby sitter, and took Anna to the insta care. Very sad about her BONK Anna was resistant to the care at first but settled after the numbing gel started to take away the pain. The Dr. came in and looked at the gash on Anna's forehead. She told us it was going to need stitches and had been cut all the way through the muscle that is between the skin and skull. It was not a very long cut, but VERY deep. It took four stitches.
The best part of the whole experience: As the doctor then proceeded to move away from Anna to get ready to do her stitches Anna says,"Doctor?" The doctor stopped and said, "Yes, sweetie?" "You forgot to look in my ears and eyes with that," Anna said as she pointed to the otoscope hanging on the wall. Even with head trauma, my girl is on top of everything!
