E's Accident

Right before:


This is not a pretty story...
We had quite an ordeal last night around 7:45pm with Elizabeth. Jeff was giving her a bath as usual and when they were done they drained the water and cleaned up the bath toys. Jeff had asked me to come get E out of the tub as usual. E was standing up for me to get her out and I was standing there to get her. She started messing around and in an instant she slipped and went face first into the side of the tub. Not that this makes it any better, but we have a garden tub that has a slight incline for you to rest your back against where she hit her face. I unfortunately witnessed her face planting and grabbed her immediately. Of course, she was in tears. My first thought was that she busted her nose! I was scanning her face and nose for blood... No blood on her face. I checked her mouth, which was filling up with blood. At first glance, with all the blood I couldn't exactly tell what her teeth looked like. They just didn't look right. I was pretty sure she didn't lose any of her teeth but her front tooth look jammed up in her gum. And her bottom lip was bleeding and swelling up. I held her and tried to catch any blood with a towel. Jeff went to call our dentist. While Jeff was getting the dentist on the phone I put on Elizabeth's PJ's and tried to calm her down in our bed. She held her lamb and "Minnie Daisey" juice cup, her 2 treasured items for comfort, and watched The Backyardigans. Jeff spoke with the dentist and was advised to get E to calm down for the bleeding to stop, as well as giving her Motrin for pain and an anti-inflammatory. The Dentist said do not take her to the ER because there was nothing they could do that couldn't wait for the morning. We also scheduled an appointment for 8:30am the next day. We attempted to give her Motrin, which she spit out...

She was still partially crying so E decided to go to her room and lay in bed. She was able to calm down and eventually fall asleep. I tried to lay with her too. For the first 10 min. or so we just sat there in silence. Then E wanted me to sing her Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star... for about 10 min. or so. She still didn't go to bed. Then she got real talkative, pointing out my eyes, nose, cheeks, chin, mouth, and hair. She was asking about Dad and Abi. After awhile I told her I would be back. I figured if I was going to be in there with her that I ought to get ready for bed. So, I sent Jeff in to be with her while I got ready. He said she was just as talkative and had him sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star :) Jeff came out of her room after I got ready and we talked for a second about everything. When I went in to lay with her she was sound asleep. I covered her up. She slept good until about 1am and started crying a little in her sleep and sat up. I had her lay back down and I rubbed her back and she went right back to sleep. She slept solid the rest of the night, unlike Jeff and I...

E got up around her usual time around 7:20am. Jeff and I were anxious to see how her lips and teeth looked and get her to the dentist. Her bottom lip had dried blood on it and with the swelling of her mouth and lips, she kind of looked like a "Who" character from Dr. Suess. We gave E yogurt for breakfast which she ate with no problem and did not seem to be in any pain. We had not given her any more Motrin other than what she spit out the night before. We couldn't believe she was in great spirits and seemed like nothing happened.

After yogurt, we took E to the dentist where, I had to hold her down for a quick x-ray. Surprisingly, quick and she barely had a chance to fight, and she got a cool sticker that got her excited. Our pediatric Dentist, Dr. Ann Bynum was awesome, as well as April at her office. They were very clear on everything with E's mouth. Jeff held E down so Dr. Bynum could examine her mouth. She checked to see if anything was broken, like her jaw and to see if the gum needed stitches, both were negative. Another concern, was if the roots were broken from the impact and if so, they would have to pull the tooth/teeth. Thankfully, the x-ray showed no breakage in the roots... However, Elizabeth did push-in/bent back 3 of her front teeth. You can tell her teeth are messed up. There is a high chance at least one of the 3 teeth will become discolored from the blood. Possibly, in time her teeth may shift forward with her tongue and speaking but not to where they started. We feel awful for what happened but also blessed because it could have been much much worse...

For those curious ones, below are a few pictures of Elizabeth and her mouth.

The morning after:


On the way to the Dentist:


Close-up of her mouth at the Dentist:


After the Dentist: