The STITCHed Family,
Incident: 8-year-old Emmy took a tumble while ice skating with her family in Quebec. The R Family rang in the New Year with Dr. George in the ER as Emmy received 29 stitches!
“We decided to take a few days and take the family to beautiful Old Quebec city. We arrived on Dec 30th around 5 pm to a picturesque hotel with a beautiful lake 10 mins out of the old city, the drive was roughly 9 hours from Garden City, NY. Sunday night we walked around the city and couldn’t wait to ice skate the next day on the lake. On New Year’s Eve we went out to skate. My 15-year-old Sophie (former Dr.STITCH Patient – 2017) skated with her 13-year-old brother Chip (former Dr.STITCH patient 2009), I skated with my 11-year-old daughter Jacqueline (former 2 x Dr.STITCH patient). Our youngest Emmy (8 years old) skated with my husband Chris. After about two hours we saw Emmy tumble from a ways away and Chris quickly picked Emmy up, she had a bad gash from her fall right under her chin. At that moment we experienced what all US Citizens should think about before the next election, socialized medicine. The Quebec Hospital was nearby, there were very friendly and helpful nurses. Ironically, not one doctor was available and we were told there would not be one for 8 more hours that day. A helpful nurse cleaned Emmy’s cut. Chris and I decided to drive the 8 hours home rather than wait in the hospital. We knew she needed a good plastic surgeon for her cut since it was on her face. I immediately called Dr.STITCH’s number and spoke to Ali. She said to call back when we were 2 hours away. Luckily Chris drove with a vengeance and we made it home within 8.5 hours. I called when we were around 2 hours away and Ali was there to give me good news, Dr. George would meet us at the hospital. We just needed to call her again when we were in the parking lot. We tried to get Emmy ready and looked up Dr. George on the site, which made her very comfortable when she finally met him. True to her word, we called Ali once we were at Winthrop, and sure enough, Dr. George met Chris and Emmy in the pediatric ER. They rang in the New Year with Dr. George and 29 new stitches! We are grateful and lucky to have had good experiences with Dr.STITCH in the past, and can now say that all four of our children have been treated successfully by several of the doctors in the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. I would advise any parent to keep the number in their contacts, it was a relief to know that we knew the drill and although we had a long drive from Quebec to Winthrop, we would be treated by a top-notch group no matter how long it took us to get there! Highly recommend Dr.STITCH!”
– Eileen, Emmy’s Mom