Mike had to put staples in our son Isaac‘s head the other night.
Isaac, 7 years old, was playing with his brother. They had covered some PVC pipe with a foam swim noodle.
Unfortunately, when it got thrown at Isaac’s head, the foam slipped down so the sharp end of the PVC gouged him just above the forehead.
All the kids ran up screaming because Isaac had blood running down his face. When Mike did an inspection, he could see the cut went through to the skull. He decided the injury needed extra attention.
I immediately put some helichrysum essential oil on Isaac’s head to stop the bleeding and prevent inflammation.
I have to admit, when Mike said he was going to get staples, I was somewhat worried. I knew it needed to be done, but I visualized the staples going into Isaac’s skull. Fortunately that’s not how it works.
The staples go into each side of the cut, only clipping the skin together so it can heal.
Isaac said it didn’t even hurt, thank goodness.
The perfect thing to heal this speedily is Vickie’s Cuts & Bruises oil. Of course, my problem isn’t that I lack tools for healing, it’s that I forget to use them as often as I should in our busy lives.
Raquel’s Injury
The last time Mike had to supplement our home medicine with emergency room tools was a couple months ago when Raquel cut her shin open on a sharp bookshelf corner. She was doing gymnastics on our bed without me knowing. Mike super-glued the cut shut. He wanted to stitch it, but she was scared and I was worried.
Raquel still has a mark from the cut that hasn’t healed. I gave her some of Christopher’s Complete Tissue ointment and frankincense oil to put on at night, but I haven’t been following up well to make sure she’s doing it. I think I’ll make a chart right now…
Neighbor Boy’s Injury
Before I was done writing this post, I got a call from a neighbor telling me her son had just crashed his dirt bike. She was away from home, so I told her to send him over here. Mike was sleeping in preparation for his night shift. I didn’t want to wake him yet.
The kid was pretty banged up. His chin was bad enough I thought he’d need stitches. I got out my oils while we waited. I poured several drops of helichrysum essential oil on his chin and knee, which were bleeding. Then I put Cuts & Bruises on the multiple abrasions covering his body. Anything that was bleeding stopped fast.
He said his shoulder, elbow and thumb joint were hurting. He could move them all well enough, and nothing was poking out. I figured he hadn’t broken anything. Doterra’s Deep Blue essential oil blend is very effective for muscle pain & healing, so I applied it to these areas. After a few minutes, he said the pain had diminished.
Mike woke up and confirmed that stitches were needed. He went to a fellow doctor’s home to pick up a suture kit, and got back the same time as the boy’s mother. The stitching was accomplished as I ran out the door to teach a Dr Mom Class on the essential oils…with one more story to tell.
For those of you who have kids, you know life’s always an adventure!
Scary! Glad it wasn’t as bad as it looked!
All 3 of these stories make me cringe. While I don’t look forward to accidental pain that I’m sure my children will incur in the years to come, I’m glad I have some tools that will help quickly! Thanks for the experience!
Craig always has extra suture kits and lidocaine on hand in our home first aid kit, lucky we haven’t had to use them on our kids yet, but we’ve had calls from friends and neighbors who have needed them. He once stitched our bishops son with no lidocaine, he was a pretty brave kid!
Wow! That’s smart!
Boy, never a dull moment at Dr. Mom’s!
staples!
how does that work -
regular staples?
how do they come out eventually?
The staples go into each side of the cut, only clipping the skin together so it can heal. They are not regular staples. They are special ones from the ER and come out with a special staple remover after about 2 weeks when the skin has had a chance to heal. It’s really not as bad as it sounds.
Hello Jenni, i just signed up to receive your emails. interesting article. I’m assuming since your husband is a doctor, he was able to place the staples in the appropriate place or is this something we can do at home?
So glad to see you also schooled at SNH. I am currently enrolled and am working towards my MH. With Homeschooling our two and other housekeeping priorities, I’m hoping I’ll be able to finish in a couple of years, God willing. I really enjoy the classes, they are wonderful and would recommend them. We’ve had such wonderful results with some of Dr. Christopher’s products. This week we’ve had to use the Bone Flesh and Cartilage on our dog. She had a big gash right underneath her eye, in one day I could see the cut closing up.
many blessings to you and your family
~Carmen