So, there’s been a lot of excitement in our house today . . . no, unfortunately not the happy kind.
It started with me waving my boys off to school on their bikes. Moments later, there was a knock at the door and I opened it to find my oldest son there . . . one look at his face and I knew something was wrong. He could barely get the words out, but managed to tell me that my middle son had hit a bump on the road and gone over his bicycle handle bars and hit his mouth.
Bad.
I feared the worse when he told me “and, there’s blood everywhere.”
I quickly ran out to the van and got round the corner to see my baby sobbing and pushing his bike down the sidewalk towards home.
I got him and his bike home, cleaned him up and applied the obligatory bag of frozen peas to help with the swelling. Thankfully, the blood wasn’t quite as bad as I was led to believe . . . oh the dramatic mind of a teen . . . but, he had chipped both of his beautiful front teeth and also scraped his chin, knee and lips.
Without hesitation, our dentist agreed to see him. She put a temporary bonding, or band-aid if you will as she explained it to him, and said all will be okay. He now has an appointment in four weeks to permanently fix the teeth provided his mouth heals perfectly.
As soon as the bonding was put on, I could tell he was feeling better . . . although it hurt to smile . . . he was much happier leaving the dentist than he was walking in there.
And, I am left wondering if he hadn’t inherited my goofy front teeth, would he have injured them the same?
Tags: accident, boo boo, children, dentist, fall, Family, life, Thoughts
Poor guy. Glad you were able to get him seen right away. That always helps.
Ouch. You know we had recent bike fall. It sucks. And the adult teeth,,, ouch. Will he need caps? The mouth is one of those places that bleeds a lot so can understand why eldest was panicked.
Did you put the frozen peas back in the freezer?
Hope he is ok.
Oh no, the poor little man!!!! Glad he’s ok. He’ll probably feel pretty beat up tomorrow.
Lucky you living close enough to school that the boys can ride their bikes!
Hope he’s feeling OK now.
DD fell off her scooter back in June. No harm done we thought – her teeth were still firmly in place and intact. By September we realized one of her teeth was turning grey. The root had been damaged and she ended up needing a root canal done
oh the hurts they get themselves into. I’m very impressed at the quick actions of your teen, great Teen work. Poor middle man though.
Forgot to add, wonder if his fall was as spectacular as yours, Sea Wall, Whitby, summer 2009, with an audience of a crowded beach????? Remind him about that, might cheer him up.