Our trip to the ER

[Anonymous]

I guess in 19 months of Sarah’s life it’s good that this was our first trip for something other than an illness.

Sarah was at daycare this morning playing with the sitter’s cell phone (her FAVORITE thing!) She fell off the couch and the antenna from the cell phone jammed up inside her mouth. It cut her at the very top of her upper lip on the inside along the gum line. (It severed that little piece of skin that connects the lip to the gum) The sitter thought she’d need stitches so DH and I both left work and took her to the ER. Thankfully the ER doc said she didn’t need stitches. Her upper lip is soooooooooooo swollen. Sarah was in good spirits though and I think she thought it was a treat that mommy and daddy were spending time with her during a school day! She was in such a good mood that we went ahead and took her back to daycare. By the time I got back to school they had called in a sub for me so I just went ahead and came back home. I’d rather be at work now than sitting here (gotta save up my personal/sick days for whenever we have baby #2!) but I’m making the most of it. Wrapping Christmas gifts, catching up on laundry, etc…

Good thing we didn’t have any Christmas pictures scheduled! She doesn’t even look like the same child right now! Hopefully the swelling will go down soon and she’ll be back to normal!

Here’s a photo of the damage from tonight…it’s already looking a little bit better on the outside! Underneath her lip is where it is almost black from bruising. Yucky!

amy00132007-12-03 21:34:48

[Anonymous]

Oh wow! I’m glad that the injury wasn’t more severe. When I read the first few lines of your post, especially about the antenna going up into her mouth, I had horrible visions of what that would be like! Ben’s favorite toy is also the phone, so we are going to watch that a bit more now! He already can’t play with the house phone, as he called 911 last week and two officers showed up at the front door! Yes, it really does happen.

Anyway, I’m glad she is doing so well.

[Anonymous]

How scary! I am glad that she is OK, and you will be surprised how quickly these babies bounce back and heal.

Funny, Naomi. Dylan called a while back to 911, and they called back and lectured my husband in the importance of using 911 for emergencies only! LOL! He was so embarrassed, but really, it does happen. Funny about Ben!

Ann Marie

[hellbennt]

Yikes!!

glad she’s ok!!!!

[Anonymous]

Goodness.. Glad she is okay… Cooper cut that skin in his mouth a few weeks ago when a gate fell and it bleed forever….

[Anonymous]

Ooops, tried to post a picture here but it didn’t work. Maybe I’ll try back in my original post.

[Anonymous]

Ouch! That sounds painful. Poor girl! I’m glad it wasn’t more serious, and I hope it heals up quickly. I bet that gave you a scare!

Funny about all the 911 calls – my sister was just telling me that her little 14 mo. old called 911 and the police showed up at her door… LOL.

[Anonymous]

Poor little thing. It must have hurt and feel a bit funny too.

[Anonymous]

Glad it wasn’t that bad in the end. The mouth is so vascular that we’ve found that those injuries look SO scary b/c they bleed and bleed and are hard to stop. The same thing happened to Hailey in a different way and the first sign that something was wrong was bloody red handprints along our bathroom wall and door… until it led me to Hailey. She was bleeding a lot from her mouth but didn’t say anything, she was just looking at the blood as if it was red paint. Someone told me to put maple syrup or sugar on it to help the clotting. It did help a bit. The swelling went down after a couple of days. Hope she’s feeling better soon.

[Anonymous]

Ouchie, poor baby. I’m glad she’s doing well but it sounded really scary. When I read the first lines, I was scared that the ending won’t be as good as it is. I hope the swelling goes down quickly.

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