My second child went to ER for Stitches twice before the first bill came of over a grand per visit. Needless to say

May 14, 2021
7:50:06pm

Blue2thebone All-American

He’s had 11 sets of stitches or Steri-Strips and I have never taken him back to the ER. I got some Steri-Strips from a friend and a stitch kit online and have done it myself.

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Blue2thebone

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Getting a kid’s head stitched up. This is our 5th round of stitches for our 3 boys aged 7 and under. I’ve spent like, a

Pimpin4Paradise Truly Addicted User

5/14/21 7:41pm

I had stitches 3 times before I was 8,all from accidents. 2 sets in the forehead

chrisrenrut

5/14/21 7:43pm

It means they are healthy active boys. Congrats.

Mister P

5/14/21 7:43pm

do we need to have an intervention by family services?

Nat Gas Man

5/14/21 7:44pm

I think its fairly common. Head, eyebrow, chin. Pretty common for them to trip

cougaman

5/14/21 7:45pm

My second child went to ER for Stitches twice before the first bill came of over a grand per visit. Needless to say

Blue2thebone

5/14/21 7:50pm

We learned our lesson on that one. The first head stitch job my wife ran him to the ER and we paid $2,200 for 5

Pimpin4Paradise

5/14/21 7:54pm

Lol. After his first few falls and cuts The thought crossed my mind on the later episodes that I was glad they happened

Blue2thebone

5/16/21 11:01am

ER Docs are the worst. They are even worse than hospitalists that frequent

Solomon Levi

5/14/21 8:08pm

My mom once had to take all 6 of us kids to the ER in a 30 hour stretch

BYUFam1

5/14/21 7:51pm

Did she get a visit from DHS the next week?

cougaman

5/14/21 7:53pm

No we did not

BYUFam1

5/14/21 8:28pm

That’s a good way to meat your max out of pocket in 1 day. Free healthcare the rest of the year!

Pimpin4Paradise

5/14/21 7:55pm

Snitches get stitches in the Pimpin home!

rivercitycoug

5/14/21 7:54pm

5 kids, no stitches. But we did use a lot of the bandaid glue when they sold it.

ochobeeguy

5/14/21 7:55pm

They still do. it's called super glue

crimedog

5/15/21 8:11am

Did he “fall down the stairs”?

PJMort

5/14/21 7:59pm

About normal. I had to learn how to say "My daughter needs stitches" in German.

ebv

5/14/21 8:02pm

I'd invest in a bottle of CA Glue (medium thickness)...

TheLost

5/14/21 8:03pm

Every summer somebody in my family got stitches.

BYU Grounds

5/14/21 8:15pm

I have three little girls. No stitches, no broken bones.

Cougarclaw

5/14/21 8:21pm

Let us know how that's going for you when they turn pre-teen 🙂

TheLost

5/14/21 8:29pm

Ugh. I have 3 little girls too, but they're very rambunctious. Scars, stitches,

ebv

5/14/21 8:33pm

I have some good scars but no stitches. My mom worked for a Dr Office and

Malathion

5/14/21 8:32pm

Feel lucky, between my 4 boys, we have had 7 broken arms, a broken back, two

Mufasa

5/14/21 8:37pm

Sheesh. Sounds like WrestleMania.

Malathion

5/14/21 8:48pm

With 4 boys... yes. Wrestlemania is a perfect description!

Mufasa

5/14/21 8:52pm

Sounds totally fun

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