The boys seem to have gotten back into the flow of homeschool and local school for Whitman. Though John and I are adjusting well to our new schedules, John feels a great deal of pressure to fit in all his foundation work, language learning, and teaching two English classes in the week day afternoons.
During our second week back, we added a trip to the local Emergency Room into our re-adjustment to the culture. Caedmon had fallen against our coffee table while the boys were roughhousing in the living room. The manner in which Caedmon fell resulted in a 1.5 inch long gash on the back of his head. The size and location of the wound definitely needed stiches. We wrapped it up well, and Caedmon and I took off on the motorcycle to the hospital. A neighbor and her husband followed us to offer assistance.
At the hospital we were offered very prompt, good service. After about an hour, Caedmon had 5 stiches and we were on our way home. Our neighbors were an amazing help. They did all the running around to get prescriptions from the pharmacy and manage the admitting and billing papers. Though the facility and process at the Emergency Room was quite different than in the States, the nurse who did the stitching was very skilled.
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Though I recently learned to stitch wounds, I did not have the supplies, nor would mine have looked as nice.
I did remove the stitches at home myself. Caedmon was a very brave patient!
