Be careful in the shower

So today was a fun filled day with a church picnic, and swimming at my brother's house. We came home to take showers and baths so we could go to bed. As I was putting Emma and Carlos in the bath, John David comes to tell me that Sammy fell. SO I get John David to stay with the babies. Go and check on Sammy and see that he has a cut on his cheek...looked deeper than a traditional cut, so my hunch was that it would need stitches. I called our friend Rusty who is a PA...he says send me some pics and I'll give you a call back. I tell John David and Sammy to get their jammies on, while I finish bathing the babies. Put the babies down for bed and then get a call back from Rusty. He said to take him in. I already had Mama Schneider on alert...so she comes over to have an adult in the house while I take Sammy to the ER. Rusty's concern was whether Seton Southwest would do the stiches or if I would have to go the children's hospital. Well let me tell you that Seton was awesome. The nurse made sure to explain everything to Sammy and let him touch some items to get him comfortable in his new environment. They used a topical numbing cream...so it took longer than lidocaine to kick in, but it didn't hurt or sting him. The only needle used was the one used to apply two stitches after having the cream on for an hour. We were back home in around two hours. Sammy was great while we waited and he lots of questions, but never cried...not even when he first fell. On the way home we stopped to purchase some bandaids and neosporin. In order he picked out Spiderman, Trans Formers, and Scooby Doo. We need to change out his bandaid twice a day...so we needed to stock up.
Downside of this is obviously minimal water to his wound...of course this comes after I mentioned to the boys that we could get the waterslide out this week....I guess maybe next week. Then we need to limit his sun exposure the next four months to minimize scarring...great summer is just about to start. I guess we will have to let him pick out a cool hat or cap for him to wear.
I must say that Sammy was awesome throughout all of this, and I am very proud of him! For example at the hospital he saw some cookies in the vending machine., and he asked if we could get them for John David. I told him we already had some of those at home, and he said John David likes those and that way he would have more when he runs out. He is such a sweet guy...thinking of others during his moment.