So there is too much to catch up on – it has been so long since I have blogged abouth anything ...I wrote a whole bunch on posts on March 29th to try and catch up ... I am listing them all as separate posts starting with the blizzard on 2/1. We had a lot of snow this winter … so much so that there were some delayed openings at Hasbro and on 2/1 we were officially closed due to the snow storm that hit the area hard. I had prepared to work from home and get some work done – Liana had other plans. She and I were downstairs while mama was upstairs with Henry Boy. Liana was singing a song and spun around in her socks on the hardwood floors… she does not really do spins gracefully and to her credit she puts everything into them – so much so that the momentum of the spin results in a 540 instead of a 360 and she usually loses balance and falls down. Well, this time she hit what I thought was her forehead on the end table by the couch. She started crying so I knew it hurt – usually she brushes these dingers right off. I saw that her head seemed okay and asked her where it hurt – she pointed to her mouth and I could see the blood flowing … mama heard the crying and heard me reacting when usually I am pretty calm so she came running down. We started checking teeth and it looked like everything was in tact but had to be sure. Upon further analysis we could see the bone in her gum line above the teeth – not a pretty site.
So, did I mention it was a blizzard? We couldn’t get through to the pediatrician because the phone lines were out and the answering service wasn’t picking up. The irony is that she was supposed to see the dentist that day but they canceled the appointment the night before because of the impending storm. Short story longer, mama called the dentist and left a message with the answering service while I went out to snowblow the feet of snow at the end of the driveway so we could get out and head to the hospital. The dentist called us back as we were gassing up and we took a picture of the Nugget’s mouth on the cell phone and txted it to him. He made an analysis and then called ahead to an oral surgeon who happened to be the place he sends his patients and they were actually open on this day. After a slow commute on the snowy roads we arrived and the Nugget was a champ. She hopped up on the dentist’s chair, opened wide for the exam, sat still for X-rays and was generally a good patient. They needed to pull the gum flap back down which required 4 or 5 stitches. I laid on the table with the Nugget on top of me … she had some happy gas but was awake for the novacaine needle and she cried like crazy as the doctor did his work. Although she doesn’t know it, I shed some tears too… it is hard seeing your child hurting, plain and simple. Mama had Henry in the waiting room and oh, by the way – he was a champ. He didn’t make a peep – just a really messy pooh … but he is good at that. Liana turned over onto my belly when it was all done – red face and scared and all she wanted was to be hugged. We had some Mcdonald’s on the way home and that made her day… we don’t think she remembers being under the gas and the horrible experience of being stitched up… thankfully.
PS the pics are all current - even though I am recapping old events I am putting up recent pics :-)
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