Ok as I stated at the end of my last post the day of Andrew's birthday went really well. He loved his donut cake and presents and we all had a really good time at Jackie's graduation party. Once the party was over we all came home to have a BBQ and an "after party" for our two families plus a few extra friends. Everything was going great until Ava fell.
The stairs in the older houses on post are mainly wood which can cause problems with little kids. Ava was walking up the stairs that night when Andrew accidentally bumped into her. This caused her to fall face first on the stairs and she ended up biting through her lower lip. It was very obvious that she needed to go to the ER so Adam and I scooped her up and off we went. Fortunately by the time we got there the bleeding had stopped and believe it or not Ava was in a pretty good mood, all things considered. We checked in and got her some ice to eat on in order to numb her mouth. Once we were in a room and the doctors were able to get a look at her lip it was determined that she would need to go to the OR. The main reason for this was because the injury was so crooked there was no way they could sew everything straight without sedating her. Because we had been eating right before Ava fell, the oral surgeon and anesthesiologist decided to have us come back Sunday morning at 7:30 to fix it.
So bright and early Sunday morning we were back at the ER getting checked in for Ava to get her lip fixed. The surgeon and everyone were really nice to us and especially Ava. We did all of the pre-op paper work and then it was time to head upstairs to the OR. The entire process only took about 15 minutes so there really wasn't time to worry much about anything. They were able to simply give her "goofy gas" for the procedure so our time in recovery was very short and we were able to leave an hour later. 5 days later I took Ava back to the Oral Surgery office to have her stitches removed. She screamed like there was no tomorrow but everything came out just fine and the doctor said her lip looks really good. She will probably have a scar but how bad remains to be seen. Here are some pictures I took with my phone
In the ER waiting room. Her lips weren't that swollen, she was eating ice :-)
Back in the exam room. We had to hand feed her ice in order to get her to open her mouth so we could see the injury.
Sunday morning: It's way too early to be up and out of the house
Patiently waiting
All dressed up and ready to go get fixed up
I was so amazed she went to one of the doctors without crying
Afterwards in recovery
The following day acting as happy as can be
Finally...Friday after her stitches were removed. Such a sweet face
3 comments:
So glad Ava's accident wasn't any worse. Her lip looks great and I bet you will hardly see anything when she's older. Kids skin is SO resilient. Love to see all the new blog posts and pictures. Hope to see y'all this summer some time. Love ya!
Thanks Leanne! It is amazing how fast their skin heals. I assumed she would have the stitches for at least a full week. I hope we get to see y'all too! We should be down the last 2 weeks of July so we definately need to get together at some point. Love you!
I love the picture of Ava looking up at the camera in her pj's! She looks like she is thinking "Mom, really, it's WAY too early to be having that camera in my face! " =) She is too cute. Glad that everything went okay with the stitches and getting them out! Love y'all!
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