Stitches....or should I say stitch?

Well, being an ER nurse, I knew our day would come, and to speak frankly...I am surprised it took us this long! We've had our bought of issues: croup, tonsils and adenoids out, food allergies, milk allergies, eczema, fever and petechiae (bad rash-admitted for ruling out meningitis 2 year ago) nursemaids elbow x 2 (dislocated elbow...common in toddlers...Gavin had it twice...and guess who had to relocate it both time!!!AGH!) but we have avoided stitches until today! Gavin was at speech therapy when he hit his lip on a counter top, and cut it open. I had my doubts about what to do, but it was deep...and so we headed to see my pal Meta (DR) and she looked quickly, and decided to stitch Gavin up...It was surreal. He got a bit of topical numbing cream, which he let me hold on his face with a qtip, and then she washed and gave him a stitch! He closed his eyes, and held so still. I was so impressed. Gavin is known to be a bit of an overreactor, and like the line in one of my favorite movies (Father of the Bride) he comes from a "long line of overreactors" so he can't really help it!:) He was so amazing, and so proud he was of himself...although Ian is another story. He was text messaging Kevin (yes...my 6 year old texts..arg...) and taking picture and sending them to people, and calling almost everyone on my phone...and insisting that he was not there and no NANA " I did NOT push Gavin". It was one wild and crazy day, but he will have very little scar-and when I spoke to my parents about it, I too was 4 when I got stitches also in my lip. My story is a bit more exciting: My baby brother Benny bit me! It was a snowy night, so my Dad had to chain up to take us to the doctor's office where Dr. Corti our family doctor (yeah...he came in...boy was that medical care!) stitched my lip. I still remembered it...and I was still, just like Gavin!