We finally got in to the dentist this afternoon, and the x-ray showed that there are no pieces of tooth left in her mouth, the other teeth seem undamaged, and there’s really nothing to worry about. The dentist said she’s going to look worse before she looks better–the clotting in the tooth socket and the bruising and swelling on the lip look gross, but there’s nothing we can do.
On the plus side, she can’t suck her thumb comfortably, so maybe she’s going to kick that nasty habit the super hard way.
After we got back from the dentist, I had to pull my act together to get ready for our soccer team meeting tonight, hosted here. Thank the Lord for Sarah, who watched the other three kids AND made us dinner.
I’m concerned that Lizzie’s nose might be broken, but the dentist couldn’t do anything about that. It’s hard to tell with the swelling, too, so we’ll probably need an x-ray for that. Our pediatrician referred us to an ENT specialist, so we’re heading there tomorrow morning to have that checked out. It will have been two and a half days, so I’m not sure that we can do anything at this point. I’m pretty bummed about that.
Sorry for everyone I didn’t call to update on the situation today! I was so busy all day…and more drama again tomorrow! I’ll post what we find out from the ENT doctor.
Well I’m glad the rest of her teeth are okay! Does her nose really hurt? Matthew broke his nose once and had extreme pain. Let me know!! Will keep praying!!
So sorry to hear this. I don’t know if it helps any, but both my sisters broke their noses multiple times as kids and they never did anything to fix it. They said they couldn’t fix it while it was still growing. All that to say, I don’t think it will have made it worse to wait. And both my sisters’ noses look perfectly normal now.