J's little accident

On one of J's gardening class Tuesdays a few weeks ago we had a field trip to a bee keepers in Hastings on the Hudson. It was a lovely afternoon (rare in May) and given the risk factors of hundreds of bees buzzing around our heads and bodies and coming and going from the hives, one of which was opened for us so we could see the queen, we all left unscathed.

Then there was an impromptu game of tag and I while I watch J runs into the long branch of a tree, she went down and covered her face, so I thought, oh that must have hurt...then she removed her hands and we both got a look at the blood!

After a trip to the Dobbs Ferry ER (only 2 hours in total) J had 24 stitches in her lovely face. 12 in one cut under her left eye, 6 in her nose and 6 in her forehead. Not a nice way to end the day. Lucky for me a neighbour of the property where we were visiting (and friend of the person running J's class) was available to drive our car to the hospital, she stayed with me and took care of my boys and then we dropped her home. It was such a good thing for her to do, and it made a big difference to me.

Here is a look at my baby after the plastic surgeon was finished with her.