Another first for Alexander

It was about 6:45 this morning. The three little kiddos were ready for the day and all I needed to do was get dressed. I went into my bathroom to change and as soon as I got my pants on and my pj top off I heard a shrill scream. I hurried to put the top back on and as soon as I opened the door to my room, Rebecca was there holding Alexander. The story is that Haley put Alexander into his wagon and when she started to pull him he was jerked back and fell out of the wagon and onto the floor. Face first. Once I got him from Rebecca he had stopped crying and smiled at me. Then, the bloody spit ran down the sides of his mouth. The dentist said that somehow Alexander has managed to vertically fracture his front tooth and that it would need to be taken out. This means that this one tooth managed to take the full force of the fall. If you were to look at the tooth it would look like someone split open a seed and a little kernel was inside. The roof of his mouth was swollen which meant that the nerve was damaged and was causing blood to pool up around the tooth. Also, not a good sign. So, we gave him meds to sedate him and an hour later the dentist had to dig his little tooth out. It was worse than he thought. The tooth broke and was pushed up into the gum. There was a lot of blood, Alexander was screaming, and I got to hold his arms and legs down. Towards the end of it all I started to get sweaty and then the nurse was handing me a soda. I didn't feel woozy but they said that I needed to drink it before I could go. Once the stitches were in and Alexander could move he was fine. No crying and no screaming. I picked him up and he told them all bye bye before he put his head down on my shoulder. He was ready to go! I gave him a little bit of ice cream when we got home and then he went to bed. He's not supposed to suck on his thumb, but I don't know how to keep that from happening. I am supposed to keep an eye on the stitch and make sure that infection doesn't set it and the adjacent teeth don't start to discolor. If either of those start I have to bring him in immediately. So that's our Tuesday, how was yours???

FYI- If you happen to knock out your permanent teeth, you have to put it back into the gum immediately. Don't put it in milk, don't scrub it, just put it back in and go to the dentist right away. There's a good chance that it can be fixed if it is treated within the hour. There's nothing you can do for baby teeth that are knocked out.