Our picnic at the park....

...ended shortly after we got there. Sadly, it wasn't due to weather or overcrowding. Ayla was climbing up the playground equipment and lost her footing. She caught herself with her mouth, on a metal stair. OUCH!!

Of course, because the mouth is so vascular - it bled...and bled, and bled. It swelled up instantly and her upper gums in the front of her mouth turned dark purple. I knew they wouldn't do anything about lacerated gums as the mouth is self healing but I was worried about her teeth. So, off to the ER we went.

Darren met us there(our picnic was with Holly and her kids) and we were seen quickly. Three of her front, top teeth are loose. They will retighten though. She is on a soft diet for 2 weeks. Here is the big kicker though.... the roots to her teeth may or may not have been bruised. There is no way to know, but if they have been bruised - they will likely turn brown over the next couple of months. That makes me want to cry! If they become abscessed, they'll have to be pulled. I really can't handle the thought of that right now, she has such an amazingly sweet little smile.

Her only happy time last night was in the tub, because that's always fun. I snapped a few shots of her mouth. Here you can see that she split her bottom lip but the real injury is above her top teeth. In the following pictures you can see from her profile and the shape of her mouth, the amount of swelling she has. She normally doesn't have much of an upper lip. Also, her teeth do not have gaps between them, that is the bruised and swollen tissue pushing through her teeth.

This morning she woke up crying. I don't know if she's ever done that. We're doing popsicles, applesauce, soft canned fruit, cottage cheese, some yogurt, jello, ice cream etc. Once we can move on to warmer things we'll try some soup, mashed potatoes and mac and cheese...

***small little update***

I called her dentist and they are going to see her next Monday for xrays. We are waiting until the swelling goes down and it isn't quite as tender. They'll have to move her lip, feel her teeth etc.