Needless to say today was an action packed day!! I sat liam in his booster seat for lunch and snapped on the tray. Fed him and got up to get a washcloth. BOOM....WAAAAHHHH!!! I turn around to see liam on the ground with blood from his mouth. I race over and grab some papertowel and hold it over his mouth as best as I could(he was wiggly and in lots of pain im sure). Quickly called mom(not home), then Raquel(had to do something) and so then I tried Steph!! Thank the lord she was home and thank the lord she was so willing to drop what she was doing to race to my house. She drove my van and Caden, Liam and I sat in the back. Liam's lip had this slab of skin hanging from his lip(which I didn't know if needed stitches) and his teeth/gums looked weird. Got all signed in and waited around to see a doc. PLEASE tell me why when you go to the emergency room it literally takes 45 minutes for a doctor to see you??? (the halls were empty and noone seemed to be around). Anyway, doctor said no stitches were needed, but asked me if I thought his teeth looked funny or his gum area. I said "yes". He thought maybe the gum was stuck up into his teeth, so i held down the poor little guy and the doctor tugged for 30 seconds trying to release the lip from his gum and teeth. No luck and the doctor said he had done enough torchering him:(. He then figured that what happend was possibly his teeth got jammed up into his gums. So he called the Oral Surgeon and tomorrow morning we head to lafayette to see a pediatric oral surgeon. Im praying nothing serious and Im praying it will correct itself and that he didn't break any roots from his gum so that his little teeth don't die and turn black. I felt so terrible!! He looks like he is in alot of pain, but he sure doesn't act like it now that he is home.
Please pray his teeth are ok and that he can heal naturally. THANKS!!
A HUGE thank you to Steph for being there for me today!! I REALLY appreciate it!!
These pictures were taken after he had a good healthy dose of meds and a nap:)
Get better my sweet little Liam!! Mommy's sorry and I love you so much!!!****So the oral surgeon said NOTHING I didn't already know from ER doctor. Personally I think it was a waste of 50$ and my trip to lafayette. Basically no xray was taken and from here we play the "waiting game". Since he is such alittle guy and we aren't certain his tooth broke away from the gum, there is no need for an xray. (I guess little people's gums are still soft and more pliable unlike adults gums who's are more like a bone and when hit can easily chip or break within the gum). So rigth now I am to watch to see if the tooth(his top right front tooth) turns a different color(red, brown, black) and if so then I am to take him to a Ped dentist and they will then go ahead and xray his tooth and go from there. So I ask for prayers on Liam's little tooth that it is indeed still intact and that it being loose is NOT a sign of it possibly being broke off under his gums which would result in a dead tooth. THANKS!!!****