Flashback: Sullivan's Emergency Room Scare

About two weeks ago, Sullivan had us racing to the local emergency room because he had a small, but deep cut on his head.  He has a terrible temper and tends to throw himself backwards in anger.  Most of the time his sweet little angry head lands on carpet, and we do like most parents and ignore the tantrum until it's over.  In this case, he somehow managed to get close enough to the corner of our bed frame (which comes to a sharp point) and hit his head.  There was blood.... enough blood that we piled all the kids in the car believing that he needed stitches.

We are still learning about the health care industry here.  Like the ERs in the US, they are overcrowded with people and short staffed.  A lady sat and took my information for about 30 minutes (ALL while my 1 year old son is still bleeding from the head!) then we waited and waited.  We saw another nurse briefly who moved us into another room and we waited and waited.  I was starting to lose it a bit, but there happened to be another little girl who appeared to have cut her head and had blood down the side of her face.  She was also waiting.

Finally, we met with the doctor for a brief session.  He confirmed that he did not have a concussion and did not need stitches because they had some glue that would be able to work on the cut.  We were sent back to the waiting room.  Again, my son's is still bleeding from the head.  Then another nurse came and patched Sullivan up. Five hours later...we headed home.

We love the weather, the school systems, the countryside here, but the healthcare.....we are not fans.  On the flipside, the entire visit was free of charge.

The very next day Sullivan was back to his old ways.  Sadly, I don't think this will be our last ER adventure with this monkey.