This morning, the kids were outside playing with their neighborhood friends as usual when we heard Peanut crying. It was an “I’m hurt cry” so Mama went to investigate. Turns out the kids were hunting for bugs in a tree. KK was using a metal garden trowel to hack at the tree trunk and when it bounced back, Peanut’s face was in the way. So, he got a deep cut under his lower lip that wouldn’t stop bleeding.

Mama held him on her lap and applied pressure to the cut for at least two Paw Patrol episodes and it finally stopped leaking. At that point, we felt it wasn’t necessary to take him to the emergency department at the hospital. Janie felt so bad but Peanut took it rather well. The only thing he couldn’t tolerate was eating and drinking for the first part of the day because the inside of his lip was also cut.

So, we kept him inside for the rest of the day and all he wanted to do was sit on the couch. He was drooling for most of the day and just wasn’t in the mood to talk or play anything else. Poor guy.

Luckily for us, he perked up by the evening and even enjoyed a few lamb lollipops. What a champ.