Surgical suture

They’re important but so scary especially when you have ocd and fixate on their reopening

When I was 4 I fell and had to get stitches on the back of my head. The doctor didn’t have one of those face pillows that have a hole for your face so he had me lay face down on a regular pillow. He put too much pressure on my head to hold me steady for the stitches and I couldn’t breathe. They had to resuscitate me and my only memory of the incident is walking through the parking lot with my dad afterwards and he said “well, we’re never going there again”