We went swimming on Saturday night, and after my first dive off the dock, but before I could make it back to shore,
Olivia sliced her foot to smitherines on oyster shells. Who knew a foot could bleed like that? We worried about whether or not she would need stitches. It’s a greusome, multi-faced, gory looking wound including, but not limited to one really long, deep looking slice. Poor kid. Fortunately, some of the locals were having a picnic at the beach, and went to get Sally, a volunteer parametic that lives in the neighborhood. She said it wouldn’t need stitches, but spent about 20 minutes explaining the importance of getting it COMPLETELY clean, and bandaging it with butterfly bandages. Well, no store that we could find around here sells butterfly bandages (what’s up with that?), so we’re doing the best we can with regulars sitting vertically across the wound. What this means for Liv is that she can no longer do the two funnest kid activities at the cabin, which are jumping on the trampoline, and swimming in the canal. I think I’m going to have to buy more popsicles.
It did end up getting really, REALLY hot here. I haven’t had much energy to do anything but sit under the fan. It’s too hot to eat. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying it immensely, but I haven’t been overly productive. I frogged the sleeve cap on one sleeve of the VCC. I have knit 8 rows, and have obviously forgot what tension I was knitting, because I’m going to have to rip out those 8 rows and reknit them looser. Luckily, it’s also too hot to care.
August 14th, 2005 at 11:16 pm
Awww…poor thing! Hope it all gets better!
August 15th, 2005 at 2:25 am
It’s so funny…I know RIGHT where that dock is! We drive by there on the way to my parents’ house in Sequim when we go. Enjoy your vacation.
August 15th, 2005 at 4:35 am
Poor Olivia! I hope she heals fast and feels better soon!! May I suggest pool shoes?? I always wear pool shoes in a lake, because I am leery of what I might step on, and besides, I don’t like the way most things feel on my delicate tootsies, haha!! My kids always seemed to get sick, or a boo-boo on vacation when they were young. In fact, when my daughter was about 18 months old, it was the MAID who cleaned our hotel room, who told me that my kid was sick!! I was apparently oblivious!! And she did indeed need antibiotics once we found a Dr. who would see out-of-towners. Then we had to make sure we always had it on ice, since we had that pink stuff that needed refrigerated, and we were on the road….
Thanks for the photos! Funny, I think we took more trips when the kids were little, what’s up with that???
August 16th, 2005 at 9:36 am
Poor Olivia!