Well I am counting the days until summer break...these first graders are driving me crazy!! It is going to be a rough 5 weeks but a much needed summer break is not far away!
So we had a scare last night. Drake had his first visit to the awful ER. Here is what happened: Drake was sitting in my lap while I was on computer yesterday (Thurs) around 5 chewing on a marker. Well he wanted to get down and walk around so I let him but forgot to take the marker away...dumb mommy! Of course he trips and falls and the marker goes into the mouth and puts a gash on the upper side of the inside of his mouth. I immediately pick him up and his mouth is full of blood so I take him to the bathroom and get a wet washcloth and try to put it in his mouth to soak up some of the blood while he is screaming. Finally after a few minutes he stops crying, the bleeding stops and we sit and relax. We go on about our night playing, eating, etc. I had just figured at this point he had biten his tongue when he fell. Well not so much....as I was putting on his pjs after the bath he was crying and with his mouth wide open I saw the big gash on the upper side of his mouth and started to freak out! Bo luckily got home right about that time and we decided to take him to urgent care for them to look at because he wasn't really wanting to swallow, he was drooling a lot.
So we arrive at Cooks urgent care around 8:00...I told Bo to stay in the car with Drake assuming it would be a while. Well it was the scariest thing going in there...almost everyone was wearing masks. Not the best timing to be at an ER with swine flu going around. Finally at 9:30ish they call us to the check in area....then around 10:00 they call us back to the actual room, and the doctor shows up 15-20 min later. He says well we don't do anything for cuts inside the mouth but I will go ahead and take a look. I am like well duh..why do you think we brought him here. So Bo holds his head, I hold his arms and the doctor opens his mouth and shines the flashlight in there and ouchie there was a big hole at the top of his mouth. yuck!
Doctor says to give him some antibiotic to help it from getting infected and to give him popsicles, ice cream and it will heal on it's own. Oh and course we are suppose to check it to make sure if doesn't get infected....that is so not fun...trying to hold a busy 14 month old down to pry open his mouth! I did get an okay look tonight and it didn't look as open as it did last night so I am hoping that it is closing up and healing.
Drake was his usual happy self today so that is good. I am so glad that he is okay! I was worried about him being fussy for babysitter. We finally got home last night around 11:00 and all 3 of us were exhausted. I just pray that we all stay healthy and didn't get exposed to the swine flu last night.
Having a toddler is such a busy job! He is running..literally...everywhere! He loves to be outside and is saying a few words. He says mama, dada, and his new word is ball...which is pronounced ba. He will pick up his ball and throw it around and say ba as he goes to get it. His temper tantrums have really started. When he doesn't get what he wants he throws his head back and arches his back...he will fall if you don't catch him. He screams and crys if he doesn't get what he wants....my oh my I didn't expect that to start so early!
So things are busy around here as usual but we are so blessed and happy. I will try and write more often....I gotta go watch Grey's & Private Practice since I missed them last night. Love you all! Take care!
P.S. I put a few new pics up on our online album.
