Fall

Cooper had a nice little fall on Sunday afternoon. We came home from running errands in town and we took Cooper out of the car and let him walk in the house like he does every single time he gets out of our vehicles. I don't think he was paying too close attention since he was playing with Jason's pop bottle, but he tripped over the mat right in front of the door to the house and fell on the small step right in front of the door. He cried and cried, we loved/comforted him, and he was put down a for a nap.  At that time, he looked completely normal. When he woke up 2 hours later, I went in to get him and the left side of his face and lip was swollen. I couldn't believe how different he looked from the time he went down for his nap until 2 hours later. I immediately called the emergency line for our dentist office and gave him some Tylenol. He didn't complain much and acted normal. I felt absolutely horrible and still do. I wanted to help him get better in the worst way, but there was nothing I could do. And dentist offices aren't open on Sunday's, so I knew it would be a day before I could even see if I could get him in. He slept fine that night and I called as soon as they opened on Monday. We were able to get an appt at 3:20 with his dentist. Jason brought him up and I met them. What we found out was that he has probably the worst dental injury you could have, which is an impacted tooth. Both of his front teeth and possibly another tooth were basically shoved up into his gums. The dentist said they may come back down, but we'll have to wait and see. He said x-rays wouldn't have helped him see if he's done permanent damage to his permanent teeth and we'll know that when his permanent teeth grow in. For now we are to watch him to make sure he doesn't get an infection and basically let his mouth heal on its own. He was such a trooper letting the dentist look at his bruised lip as well as touch his teeth. I was such a proud mama. I wish I could take the pain away and trade places with him.  I hate seeing my kiddos hurt!  His swelling is probably at the worst point and from here on out it should go down. Please say a prayer for my big guy that he heals quickly and we have no future issues with those teeth.