I work in an emergency department, about 20 hours a month.  This morning ds#2, while sitting on the couch waiting for me to come up and start school (or at least that is what I asked him to do,) fell and hit the back of his head on the base of the banister railing.  He came down and told me he was bleeding.

The wound was not very big, but it was gaping.  I could not seal it with a bandage or glue it because of his hair.  I knew it needed no more than 2 staples.  Off to the ED went the four of us.

Trying to keep 3 highly-active boys entertained in a small ED room for 2 hours is a challenge, especially when people keep stopping in to talk to me (mom's distracted, let's touch everything we can in the room!)

Afterward we had lunch and made it home just in time to head back out to the library for me to teach biology, and then off to our homeschool catechism class afterward. Whew!