Question

What do you get when your little brother gets a hold of a pair of scissors?

Answer: 3 hours in the Emergency Room and 2 stitches.

Here's the story:

Let me just say we had quite the eventful Sunday. I woke up with a stomach bug (no I'm not pregnant) and decided to stay home from church. The kids ran wild making one mess after another around the house while I spent my time in the bathroom and on the couch. By four o'clock when John and Gabe got home from church the house looked like a bomb had gone off in it. I was finally starting to figure out that I could function as long as I didn't eat or drink anything. John was at the kitchen table setting up a board game with the kids and I was putting a pot of soup on the stove for dinner when Gabe started screaming - he cut me, he cut me! John and I turned around and sure enough Gabe's hand is bleeding and Porter is holding a pair of scissors. As I was inspecting the cut on his hand Gabe thought he was going to die because of the amount of blood coming out of his hand. I assured him he was not dying, but I did think he needed to see a doctor. I couldn't handle the thought of my baby getting stitches without me holding him, and I didn't dare take him by myself in case I got sick again, so we dropped Porter off at a neighbor's house and both John and I accompanied Gabe to the ER. Three hours and two stitches later we were finally home.

The irony of the whole thing is the kids were pretty much neglected all day since I was sick and the accident happened the one time John and I were actually paying attention to them - go figure.

As you can see 24 hours later Gabe is doing great! He continues to insist that it wasn't an accident - Porter meant to cut him! He's also doing a great job at using his left hand for everything. We love you Gabe. Here's to a speedy recovery!