Bella's Dramatic Evening......

-Typed last night-

Phew.

So this week the two big girls are in VBS from 9-12 every morning.

I was really looking forward to a calm, easy week.

Well this afternoon shattered that dream.

With all my extra time I got dinner, lasagna, done nice and early this afternoon. So I thought while it cooked I would take the kiddos to the park to play.

I got the babies in the bike trailer and Bells was ready on her two-wheeler. While I turned to close the garage, all of a sudden I heard Bella start to cry. I looked and she had fallen off her bike (I definitely think the Lord shielded me from actually seeing it happen). I ran to her, more to just make sure she got back up on the bike since it had taken a bit of persuading to get her to ride in the first place. But when I got there I saw it was much more serious than I thought. There was blood gushing from her mouth. :( I quickly rushed her in to the bathroom, leaving the poor babies in the trailer (at least they were buckled in!). After further inspection it looked like there was actually teeth damage but I couldn't tell for sure because there was literally a blanket of blood all over everything in her mouth, so I quickly called the hubs in a panic (and by the way, went and grabbed the babies), he suggested I meet him at the ER. Since I didn't see any other damage other than teeth I just decided to call the dentist, who funny enough we met for the first time last week. I called them about 4:45 and they were closing at 5 but said they'd stick around for us. So I turned the oven off on my lasagna, threw all 3 kiddos in the car, and rushed over there.

This is Bella before we walked in, only about 15 minutes after the fall.

They were all so gracious and loving to us. The dentist came right out the waiting room to take a look at her. One of the nurses sweetly wiped Bella down with a wet rag since I literally had not had time and her face, shirt, skirt, and even her legs had blood on them. After taking a look he decided he wanted us to see a Pediatric dentist. They quickly called to make sure someone would still be there and told them we were coming.

Thankfully it was literally across the street. We were the only ones there and everyone there was ready for us. I of course had to fill out paperwork but thankfully the hubs had arrived by now. The hubs and Bella went back while I stayed with the littles and filled out papers.

In the stillness I could feel the beginning of emotions starting to bubble up, I just wanted to be with Bella, and literally before the tears fell little Miss Brynn started singing from the corner she was playing in, "Jesus is my best friend, my best friend. He is always here....." Not sure where she learned or heard it but it instantly brought me comfort and calmed my fears.

I literally felt like God was saying, "Don't worry. I am here."

So anyway, I finished the papers and quickly gathered the littles (who were, by God's grace being amazing even though it was dinner time) to go back to Bella. They had just finished up on x-rays. And Bella was doing AMAZING. So brave. I noticed daddy wasn't looking to hot though. He was pale and very sweaty. Due to horrible teeth drama as a kid, he was feeling like he was about to pass out! Its hard to see your baby so banged up too.

Anyway, what it all comes down to is her 4 front top teeth were the ones hit. One of the center ones and the one next to it were perfect, as well as her adult teeth. The other center is just a tad loose. However the one next to that will probably have to be pulled. :(

We're going to give it a couple of days to see if it comes out naturally, otherwise we'll go back in to get it taken care of.

We just told her she gets to get a visit from the Tooth Fairy a little sooner than most! :)

She was doing great tonight. She wasn't up to eating so daddy made her a smoothly. The biggest prayer is that we are able to keep it very clean to prevent infection. We'll go back Thursday to give it a look again.

She has scrapes from her forehead to her chin, a giant fat lip, and her lip is all black and blue on the inside but she's smiling again!

We were home by 5:45, finished cooking my lasagna and amazingly continued our evening as planned. God could not have made a hard incident go more smoothly. Everyone was so gracious, sweet and took such good care of our baby!

-Continued today-

The hubs said our bathroom looked like a crime scene. Not sure how we got blood on the wall and mirror!
Wow, first time for Bella wearing this shirt, hope its not ruined, but just glad she's ok!
When I first got a peak in her mouth all I saw was the one really far down so I thought she had chipped the other 3!! So thankful that she might just lose the one that's hanging.
Her lip is SO swollen and bruised on the inside. You can see how out of sorts her teeth got. :(
But on the mend already! At lunch today she finally got some food in her belly. We go back tomorrow to see Dr. Dave and see about that wiggly tooth! :)