Sofia's Busted Lip

Well we had quite an "adventure" last night. Right around bedtime, I opened Sofia's bedroom door and smacked her right in the mouth with it. At first I thought it just knocked her over but I quickly saw that she was bleeding and she was screaming bloody murder. Then when we cleaned off some of the blood, we realized her lip was split deep enough that we needed to take her to the hospital. Grandma Sara came over quickly to watch Gabby. Sofia was actually fairly calm by this point. When we got to the ER, she was in good spirits. Of course they make you wait forever. She told everyone who would listen "my mommy hit me with the door" which only made me feel worse!
The doctor finally saw us and confirmed she'd need a few stitches. They had her put this numbing cream on her lip but we had to hold her down to get her to let it sit on her lip and do its job. She screamed non-stop for the full 5 minutes. Then - for the stitches - they wrapped her in a sheet and two nurses held her head while Nelson and I held her body. She was hysterical the entire time and it was heartbreaking! I don't even know how long it took - but 3 stitches later we were done, and all physically and emotionally exhausted. It was almost midnight by that point and she crashed as soon as we left the parking lot.
Below is a photo of what it looked like pre-stitches (can't really see how deep it was) and this morning - it's still a little swollen, but not as bad as before. She doesn't seem too bothered by it, though she doesn't like us to clean it (which we have to do after every meal/snack to keep the food out of it). These are the dissolvable stitches so we'll have to wait and see how long it will take to heal, and since it's right on the middle of the lip and 2 of the 3 stitches are on the lip (only 1 is above the lip line) hopefully it won't leave much of a scar.
I'm sure every parent who has had to take their child to the hospital for any reason can relate to how awful and helpless you feel - it was an experience I don't care to repeat!