Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Trip to the E.R.

Last evening as I was cooking dinner, the girls were running through the upstairs playing with each other. They were getting a little rambunctious and were told by Mommy to calm down before someone gets hurt. I just got the words out of my mouth and Jillian rounded a corner and smacked dead on into a door jam.
I ran to find her gurgling blood, now I have encountered a lot of blood, cuts and just about anything you can think of in my past line of work, but when it's your own baby it's a whole different ballgame!!
I rushed her into the washroom, bent her over the sink and started rinsing her mouth out with water. I could see a cut on her lip, I applied pressure to the area and it's then I spotted the real emergency. Her front tooth was loose, very loose and hanging below it's neighbouring tooth at least a 1/4 of an inch.
Emergency calls were placed to the dentist, we were told to go to admitting at the Emerg and we would be seen by the resident Dentist. We walked in and were seen immediately, he took x-rays and decided not to pull the tooth, he didn't feel it was going to fall out on it's own and cause her to choke or asphyxiate in her sleep. He could see in the film she had a fracture and needed to be seen today by a pediatric dental specialist.
We have an emergency appointment today at 3pm, so how's your March break been??

On a happier note Jen is off on a big girl date with her Daddy to see a live performance of Mulan, Jill was supposed to go, we will make it up to her when she is well.

Update,
Well Jillian still has 2 front teeth, the right one was pushed up and the left one pushed out. The left one hangs about1/4 of an inch lower. It is very loose, the hopes are it will bond itself and not lose blood flow. They were very concerned about damage to the permanent teeth, it seems they looked unharmed on the many!! x-rays Jillian had to undergo.
We have another return appointment in 2 weeks, we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can keep the loose tooth!!

17 comments:

Steffie B. said...

See....I told you we were connected in spirit....lol stop back by....you'll like this one.


Glad she is ok.....

Sam said...

I want a do-over for this month! Kieren's birthday is next week and we still don't have the invitations out! I'm hoping we are all well enough to celebrate. Hope Jill is feeling better soon! Poor baby!

Fliss and Mike Adventures said...

One word... ouch!!!!!!!!! Hope Jill feels better now...

mommy24treasures said...

oh no! I am so sorry. Bless her little heart! Keep us posted.
I know mine are ALWAYS wrestling and running...

Nikki said...

Oh, poor sweet Jillian! I am so glad to hear that she's alright.

Hope Jen had fun with her daddy.

Rhonda said...

Ow...oww...owwww! Hope she feels better soon.

Vivian M said...

Hope Jillian feels better soon, and that everything turns out ok tooth and fracture wise.

RamblingMother said...

OH GOSH I would be a complete wreck!!

Beverly

Dawn - AB Family said...

(HUGS) to all of you.
I sure hope she get better soon.
Dawn and Zoe

Unknown said...

Im soooo sorry about that.. im a nurse and I can handle blood but Im sure I am not going to handle it well once we get back from China!

4D said...

Ouch! Hope today was better and there were no more tooth loosening knock out rounds.

Keep smilin!

Steffie B. said...

oh yeah....ha...ha...ha....now throw up a little sexy picture of yourself again and make my day....

Kelley said...

OOOOOH! I hope that things are better now...yikes!

OH MY #6 said...

Oh dear!

Lea

Yoli said...

Poor baby. Hope she is better.

mommy24treasures said...

Hope the dentist trip went well and you got good news. I am waiting :)

Jewels of My Heart said...

Oh, my gosh.... I am so sorry. I will be praying for her too.