"Ok. This is a pretty serious wound. I can clean it, salve it, stitch it, and bandage it. It'll leave a scar that way, I'm sorry to say... but if we do this, and you DON'T try to exert yourself, and just lay around for a few days... you should be alright without needing a hospital."
She gave the girl what she hoped was a stern look.
"But if you overdo it... it's going to get WORSE. And then you're going to have to go to a hospital, and good luck explaining this."