We were having a great Saturday morning. JJ and MiMi were in town to visit and we all had plans on celebrating Ryland's birthday all weekend long! JJ was playing the guitar so Ryland wanted his guitar to play along with him. He was standing in the living room ... near the hallway. He thought he was standing in front of the chair and he went to lean back and fell straight back ... on the hard wood floor! It was the loudest and hardest fall that he has had. And all of a sudden we saw blood coming out of his mouth and he was screaming. And then we saw it ... his front right tooth was pushed back :( His guitar must have hit his tooth when he hit the ground. It was awful. We were all still in our pjs. And we were out the door and in the car to the ER within 2 minutes.
Ryland was screaming and crying the entire way there and you could tell that he was in a lot of pain. And then he realized that his tooth was loose and started touching it with his tongue. The experience at Scottish Rite was awesome (minus the fact of why we were there). We were taken back to the room and talking to the doctor within 10 minutes. Ryland calmed down once we got there but since he is terrified of doctors and nurses he lost it again when they walked in the room. The good news is that the tooth reset itself to the normal location and seemed to be tightening back up. There was not much that they could do for us but tell us to make an appointment first thing in Monday morning to see a dentist so that they could take x-rays. And to keep him on a soft diet until then. So we came back home and stopped to rent Cars 2 on the way back.
So far Ryland is doing good. We have been EXTRA EXTRA careful in everything that we do! No jumping, no rough housing, no running. There has been a lot of tv, movies, painting and walking around. If there is any chance that they do not have to pull his tooth out then I will do whatever it takes so that he does not have to go through that experience! He has been eating A LOT of yogurt and mashed potatoes. Our fingers are crossed that we will get a good report when we go see the dentist tomorrow. More to come soon.
PS ... He hated wearing his hospital bracelet. He is VERY picky about anything that goes on his body!
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