About four weeks ago we visited the ER at Children's Hospital for the first time. I was babysitting our next door neighbors, and all of the girls were playing perfectly downstairs. I was upstairs folding laundry, and all of a sudden I heard Elliette crying. Now, when our girls get together with Sophia and Alaina, one of them usually ends up crying, so I decided to let them work it out. However, seconds later Elliette came up the stairs crying hysterically. She opened her mouth, and that's when I saw all of the blood. It was everywhere... on her chin, on her shirt, on the stairs...! She kept saying, "I'm afraid, there is so much bled (that's what she calls blood)." My heart was breaking for her. I was able to calm her down enough to find out what had happened. It turned out that she was jumping off of the couch (we have a "no jumping off the couch" rule at our house) with a magic wand in her mouth. The result was a nice t-shaped cut on the roof of her mouth (and a LOT of blood!).
I cleaned up most of the blood and had Elliette start sucking on an ice cube. Once she seemed okay, I called the Nurse's Line at Children's Hospital (LOVE THEM!!). They suggested that I bring her in, just because of the location of her injury.
Children's Hospital was amazing! We were in our exam room within about five minutes of arriving at the hospital. Our room was bright and happy, and it even had a television with kids movies on demand. We ended up watching Cinderella while we waited for the doctor.
Elliette's doctor was great. After a quick exam, he told me that it would heal on its own. We were thankful that she was going to be fine. A little Tylenol for a day or two, and she was good to go.
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