After a fun time outside with our friends, Lily fell backwards in a chair and hit her mouth on the brick window ledge. Ouch!!! Have you ever noticed how much head wounds bleed?!? Also, have you ever noticed how God blesses us even in the midst of tragedy?
1) We immediately went to visit our neighbor, Ms. Deb, who is a nurse. She told us to go right to the ER. Don't panic. So, I went screaming like a crazy woman into the house for Larry to get the van!
2) Larry was home - not traveling like last week.
3) The boys stayed with the Henry's - who completely took care of them. Gotta love our Henry's!
4) Then we took Lily to Cook's Urgent Care. Love that place, but it was jam packed! After we filled out the paperwork, a woman sitting next to us started asking questions about Lily. She was an orthodontist. Seriously. Thanks Dr. Tamera Miller! She looked in Lily's mouth and told us to call our dentist. They would not be able to do anything at Cook's. So, we took her advice and called Dr. Parker.
5) Get this, he was at his office planting rose bushes. No, really. He said "come on".
6) He called the tech from the dentist office next door, who was just leaving, to come over to assist. After we got to his office he quickly assessed that this injury was beyond what he could do, so he called on oral surgeon, Dr. Tye.
7) He was there in about 15 minutes. Just long enough to get Lily's mouth numb. Again - ouch!!!
Here's the gross part. She had scraped back the gum tissue above her front teeth almost to the bone, had at least 2 loose teeth and had a busted lip. She received about 10-12 stitches and has to eat only soft foods for 2 weeks until her mouth heals.Amazingly, she has done really well with everything. Much better than I have done! She was so brave while they were working on her mouth. She did not even cry!
8) Her face is pretty swollen, but after that goes away, no scars.9) My parents came over to help get the kids (and me) settled for bed.
Lily is doing well today and I thank everyone for your concerns and prayers. Please also thank God for all of the (9+) blessings that he heaped upon our family yesterday.
4 comments:
What an ordeal, but I'm so glad you were able to get it all sorted in a such a timely, smooth manner! God is good and really does pull some strings for us sometimes. Glad you got to see the strings this week though your trauma! Hope Lily heals quickly and is able to keep her spirits up!
Oh Deanna... God was taking care of sweet Lily for sure! That is so awesome that everything fell into order the way they did! Presley wants you to give Lily a hug for her! Love ya!
OH My Word, Deanna!! Give that sweet Lily a big hug from us....Aren't you just so thankful for all the things that fell into place...God is good!! :)
So glad to hear that you both are going to be alright! Jalayna ran into a brick wall when she was two and busted her lip open...yes, those mouth wounds do bleed! She had four stitches and had pulled two of them out by the next morning.
Give her (and yourself) a big hug for us!
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