~~ Another Update ~~

I know. I haven't updated the space for the past two days.

As I had mentioned in this post - We had a road trip planned in the last week of this December. Nothing fancy as we knew every other place would be crowded due to Christmas and New year holidays. Our trip began last Tuesday (24th) and was supposed to end today.  All went well, until 28th evening - when in a crowd, my little one's foot got stuck under a barricade and resulted in her toenail getting chipped off completely. There was so much blood - and the little one was wailing so loudly - that I just felt helpless - it took few seconds to register that something had happened as everyone around had started screaming suggestions. There was a lady guard who offered her hand kerchief, with which we bound the wound to stop the blood flow and she guided us to first aid center in the premises - which unfortunately turned out to be closed. She asked us to wait there and rushed to get a first aid kit - we, by then, had assessed that it definitely needed a doctor, not just first aid.  The lady guard got us a cleaning spirit and gauze roll bandage to tie the wound. I cleaned the wound and wrapped it up as soon and based on her recommendation of a nearby hospital, we rushed there. After the on-duty doctors had a look, they advised for an x-ray to ensure there was no bone damage - before any further handling - and then once x-ray was clean, they cleaned the wound and tied it up again to stop blood oozing. They also asked us to wait for a pediatric surgeon's opinion to know if we can better remove the nail then leave it hanging there for it to fall off all by itself. After much deliberation, we finally agreed for a minor procedure to remove the complete nail under local anesthesia - the nail was anyways completed chipped off and cleaning & dressing it everyday in that state would be difficult and much painful.  The whole of it was quite a horrifying experience - especially for the little one. We spent almost the whole evening in the hospital running pillar to post to get things set for the minor procedure and amidst the little ones wails :( We reached the hotel room late night -  I did remember that I still had the post for the day pending - but, I was in no state to gather my thoughts to jot down anything :(

Yesterday we took her again to hospital for re-dressing the areas and to ensure there was no blood seeping out. Her wound is healing as expected and the sight of it looked much better than the day before.  There were a few wails and screams during re-dressing, but I must say, she was quite brave, honestly, much much braver than me through the whole ordeal. And in the past two days, apart from the event that hurt her till the actual procedure and apart from the re-dressing yesterday - she didn't fuss much. She was back to her old self - trying to make the most of what she could from the vacation as soon as she could. Something I should definitely learn from her as I was sulking for her, more than she was sulking for herself, yesterday.

Anyways, we are back home today - we need to be careful not to let any water seep in to the wound until its healed - and we are to go for a re-dressing tomorrow.

Do wish her toe a speedy recovery, please.