Another Sarah injury

I am starting to believe that Sarah may be more injury-prone than me...

Friday was my furlough day, so I was home with mom and Sarah for a fun-filled sunny day. We spent the morning lounging around, waiting for the stores to open at 10am so I could get some errands out of the way. Sarah was in a great mood...until it happened. The IT I am referring to is Sarah falling off of her changing table, and hitting her face (mouth) on the corner of her dresser. Ouch! There was a LOT of blood, but not so much crying. Sarah only cried for about 10 minutes, then settled down pretty quickly. Blood was all over me and her. She wanted to be in mommy's lap and watch her favorite show, Caillou. After about 15 minutes of this, I lifted her lip to look at the damage. I immediately started crying when I saw how bad it actually was. I told mom we had to leave, had to take Sarah to Childrens Healthcare immediately. I had no idea how bad it was, but I wanted to be safe and go ahead and have her looked at by a doctor. To me, it was bad enough that I cried at just looking at it. Her gums were bloody and black and blue. Her not-brushed teeth were coated with blood. It was so sad.

Once we got to CHOA, they took us back immediately, because apparently a mouth injury needs to be seen quickly. The doctor was very nice, and Sarah was a good girl for her, letting her look into her mouth and at her injury. The doctor said it was going to be fine, no smashed teeth, no nerve damage, just bad bruising, and advised us to not brush Sarah's teeth until it heals. Whew!

I'm still upset that this happened to Sarah. Its amazing that she climbs all over her changing table, getting up and down all by herself on a regular basis. I was standing right there when it happened- it just happened so quickly I didn't have time to react until it was over. This is just a reminder that no matter how confident Sarah is, accidents can happen and she has to be watched like a hawk all the time. Needless to say, the changing table is going to be moved out of her room. She is a big girl and no longer needs it anyway.