HEY! How’s Yer Head?
March 27, 2008 by mrschili
Better, thanks!
I slept through last night and my first thought this morning WASN’T that I felt like I’d been whacked with an aluminum bat during the night, so I’d say we’re looking up!
I managed to peel the band-aid off of it yesterday. I had steeled myself for Night of the Living Dead under there, but it really wasn’t so bad. I was absolutely right about the number of stitches, though - four, and I felt Every. Single. One.
I took a shower this morning and found that, as long as I didn’t let the water pound directly on the site, I could tolerate its being rinsed. I had to be very careful wrapping a towel around my hair, though, and I ended up doing the gentle, blotting drying thing all around the gash.
I left the band-aid off for the first part of the morning and, while I was standing with the neighbor waiting for Beanie’s bus (her little boy goes to kindergarten at Bean’s school), she had a look at it. She’s an EMT and was profoundly impressed by how good it looked, and assured me that I’m going to have, quote, a “teeny-tiny scar.” Works for me!
I’m putting a band-aid back on to go out this afternoon. My hair gets tangled up in the knots of the stitches and it bugs me. Besides, I’ve got all these cute little Hello Kitty band-aids!
Happy Thursday!
Oh you look good, that’s great!
Let me pass on one more piece of learning, “When your mother said, ‘Give it some air, it needs it’ she was just being cheap ass about the band aids.” At least in terms of scarring. You want to keep it covered until the scab (if there is any) comes off and once there are stitches on it you want there to be lots of ointment goup on it under the band aid. Please learn from my mistakes.
Don’t you hate the towel thing? It pulls on your forehead skin!
yikes. I missed what happened, but Ow. Sorry about that.
My mother got 9 stitches in her forehead last fall, and a few days later, she was all swollen with black eyes. Hope yours does not progress that way.
Hurrah, doesnt look too bad already…and think of all the possibilities to pamper yourself with face cream
i’m starting to think that you look a little like beanie!
Hello, Kitty.
You totally rock the hello kitty band-aid. Have you asked Mr. Chili to kiss your boo boo?
Love the band-aid!!