Today it as time for Thomas' stitches to come out. He had to be dragged away from Spiderman dress up and was less than excited about this new life experience. I was a little nervous too, as I thought back to when I had stitches in my knee that were left in for too long. The doctor was so mean to me that I left the surgery with 3 of them still in there, and my dad ended up taking them out for me. The real problem for Thomas was that he now had a pretty good scab on his chin and so we put on some antibiotic ointment to soften it up first. That probably caused the greatest amount of fuss because he said that it stung.
Dad put on some topical anesthetic to make the area "sleepy"
Olivia was quite the support to her brother
(she just wanted him to stop crying!)
It was a difficult procedure which definitely called for the surgical loops!
After a little digging...
...and not too much crying, they came out.
Thomas then got to get his own back...
...by preforming the same procedure on dad!
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Poor Thomas! I would have been crying if something as scary as a man dressed up in funny glasses was trying to take my stitches out! I'm glad Olivia found some way to keep to noise to an acceptable level. Well done Thomas for being so brave!
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