Playground Accident

 I got a call Monday morning from the school.  Little Guy was in an accident during recess.  All they said is it looks bad, so you should probably come get him.  He was playing tag and jumped off just as his friend ran in front of him.  His face landed on the back of his friend's head, and Little Guy split open the inside of his lip.  

I called the dentist and they said we needed to go to urgent care.  I called urgent care and they said they don't have the right equipment to do stitches inside of the mouth, so we should go to the emergency room.  Joel took him to the emergency room.  He got really lucky on 2 fronts: One, the lip barely hung together and didn't split clean through.  You could see the shadow of the split, so it was close.  Also, the split was 1 1/2 centimeters, and it has to be 2 centimeters for stitches.  Little Guy was so relieved.  It's been 2 days and it is still really painful, because of all the bruising.  He's living on ibuprofen right now and he's just supposed to avoid acidic foods for a week.  He's more than happy to not eat tomatoes.