Kyle and I were in the process of decorating Paisley's room (which is A-DOR-ABLE by the way) and part of that process was touching up the paint. Jaxton was of course running wild and Pais was right on his heels! Next thing we know, he is on her crib and falls off. We noticed a little bit of blood in his mouth and I assumed he bit his lip and carried him downstairs to snuggle till he felt better. He opened his mouth and blood came pouring out!! I started screaming for Kyle and once he got downstairs, he picked him up and we rushed out the door. While getting the kids in the car, I called his Dr's office to see if I should take him the Instacare or the emergency room. They said if he bit down on his tongue, like he had, the Emergency room would be able to more thoroughly treat him if something had gone wrong. We waited in the waiting room for a long time, then we waited in the room for a long time... and then Jaxton wouldn't let the Dr look at it. He became hysterical. It took me holding his top half, Kyle holding his legs and the Dr trying to pry his mouth open for him to see that he hadn't gone all the way through the tongue. He referred us to an ENT specialist and put Jaxton on a liquid diet until then. When we went to see the specialist he said it should heal just fine but that we need to watch that no food gets lodged into it because the tongue heals so quickly that it could heal over it and that would be a problem. So far nothing!! It is healing great and looks much better. I tried to photo document the worst of it! He likes to show people his "owie"... and tell them "the Dr looked and helped him feel better"... but hey, whatever story he likes, works for me! I can guarantee it won't be our last trip to the emergency room.
My mom had come to help me the next day. Which was such a blessing! But while she was here she said "This kid seriously does not stop... I get why you are SO tired all of the time!" Haha! And she thought I was complaining about nothing!!
