Our first BIG ouchie!

On Thursday I got a call from daycare saying I really should come get Logan and take him to the doctor. They said he was playing in the gym and fell off a toy and bit into his tongue. They weren't kidding!! It was horrible! I called his pediatrician's office and they said to bring him right over. His doctor said we needed to take him to the ER because she felt he needed stitches! Are you kidding me?! I couldn't fathom how that was going to work out. Nathan was out of town and my parents were out of touch so thankfully my mother-in-law met me at the ER so I wouldn't be alone.

We got to the ER and the doctor said that he bit a little more than half way through his tongue and she could do stitches, but the trauma to put him (and me) through that would be horrible. She probably would have to sedate him and that would pose its own risks. Ultimately she decided not to do stiches. The picture below just doesn't do it justice I must say. You can't see the other 1/4" of the cut or how deep it is. I grabbed this picture the day after with my phone so it isn't that great.

When we were at Ikea yesterday we ran into his pediatrician (how funny is such a BUSY store) she looked at his tongue and said we could cancel his appt on Monday to follow up and that it looks great. To be honest from the time I picked him up at daycare unless you looked in his mouth you couldn't tell anything was wrong with him. Since then he has been eating and drinking just fine! We have avoided salty, acidic and crunchy foods but other than that it is life as usual!

On a side note - at the appt at the peds office they weighed Logan - he was 26 pounds 13 ounces! Such a growing boy!

Okay - you have the choice NOT to look at the photo. I will put a lot of spaces between here and there and you can decide if you want to look. I really isn't THAT bad. But I am sorry if I gross anyone out! Consider yourself warned and me free of any squimish feelings you have after looking at said picture. :-)
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