What a day...started out fine. Blake was finally over his ear infection so in the waiting room (his recheck appt) he climbs on the chair and falls. Now the boy climbs up on chairs all day here, so he knows how to but this time he fell on the floor face first and hard. As he screamed and cried the dark blood began to pour all over and would not stop. I'm trying to stay calm for his sake but panic is setting in. I'm running out to the hallway asking for a washrag to stop the flow and nothing is working. Then I realize the gum tissue is hanging over his front teeth. Ouch. This excitement lasted a good 20 minutes. I feel bad for the people who had to clean up that room after us.
The doctor came in and called her dentist and said to immediately go and make sure his mouth is okay. We drive over there and they took an x ray to make sure it wasn't infected. The dentist ended up clipping his gum tissue so it wouldn't hang all over the tooth and said he was very "lucky" and it could have been much worse.
Gotta keep him on soft food for 2 weeks, x ray in a month to make sure it doesn't infect and watch for it to darken and probably go dead soon. Worst case scenario we treat an infection so his adult teeth aren't permanently damaged.
How's that for a good time? All the while Iris was her cheery sweet self as she stayed in her stroller and observed it all. Here's hoping for a calmer day tomorrow.
Oh my goodness. So sorry :(
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