First Stiches... Well Almost

I woke up feeling pretty good and I was determined to get my list done today... Seth had other ideas. At about 8 this morning I was packing up Seth's summer clothes into a tote for storage. The lid of the tote was leaning up against the rocker. Seth decided he wanted to sit in the rocker and he was sure that by climbing the the lid he could get up there. Well, the lid slide down the floor and the lip of the lid split Seth's lip.
After a few minutes he stopped crying and pulled his head up off my shoulder, and to my horror there was a big spot of blood, he looked at me his eyes starting to go black, his lip getting fat, a bruise coming on the tip of his nose up to his eye brows and blood and drool dripping from his mouth. I laid him down and looked at his mouth. I couldn't see anything. I got him to suck on a few ice cubes in his mesh eater, gave him some Tylenol. And after about a half an hour it stopped bleeding... or so I thought.
He laid down for his nap like normal, well almost like normal he wouldn't take his binkie. I checked on him every 10-20 minutes. He was sleeping fine. I showered, folded laundry, dishes, homework etc. He woke up from his nap about a half hour early. I picked him up and there was about a dinner plate sized spot of blood/drool on his sheet and down front of him. I cleaned him up and gave him a cup of milk and he preceded to throw up all over. And the puke was full of blood. On the positive side though the bruises didn't get nearly as bad as a thought they would.
I called the pediatrician and he said it sounds like he needs stitches. And with Seth being so little they would probably have to put him all the way out to do it. And to put him all the way out we would have to go to Primary Children's. I said how could I be sure before I drove all the way to Salt Lake. He said I could try to get him in with my primary care that is here in Orem.
At 1pm we went to see Dr Olsen. Seth was active as always, vocal and happy as could be. He climbed the step up to the exam bed, pulled out a drawer and tried to climb that too. let the Dr. look at his lip and check him for a concussion. The lip had torn away from the gums and would probably need at least two stitches. UGH!
Are you kidding me...they have to put him all way under for two stitches? I asked what would happen with out the stitch. They said it would heal but might take a few more days than with the stitch. But it would take a few days for him to recover from the anesthesia. I said lets not do the stitches then. The Pediatrician and Family Doctor talked and decided I was right. But while the Doctors were talking Seth proceeded to make faces at himself in the mirror on the back of the door. He thought it was pretty funny to bang his head into the mirror and then laugh. The Doctor said it's a boy thing...
So we left the doctor with no stitches, minor concussion, instructions to keep doing what I was already doing. And with the confidence of the doctor that something like this will happen again and probably again and again. It's a boy thing.