My 14 year old daughter Jillian fell knee-first onto a pair of scissors last night, we called 911. She had a 4-inch gash that went very deep, you could actually see her bones just above her knee on the inside of her thigh. Even though it was bleeding badly luckily it didn't seem to have hit the artery but the laceration was hard to look at without feeling faint. After an ambulance ride, X-rays and a CT scan we got some good news: no damage to her joint, it was just muscle tissue and skin. About a dozen sutures to reconnect the muscles that were cut through, and a dozen stitches to hold the skin together. Sent home at 3:00 AM this morning with a leg brace and crutches and antibiotics and painkillers. She's going to see an orthopedist today but hopefully she'll mend quickly.
