Saturday, July 5, 2008

The last pictures ever....



.....of my sweet boy Cameron with an entire mouth full of baby teeth. And, yes, he is only 2 years old.



These were photos taken just last night, at the 4th of July fireworks.



We had a terrible accident today, which I will elaborate on later (when I am feeling better and more able to 'talk' about it), but the most important things to know:


1. Cameron is, and will be until his permanent set grow in, missing his FRONT right tooth (as you look at him). Neither emergency rooms nor dentists, I found out today, will put a baby tooth back in.

2. Despite a large, gaping hole in his mouth, Cameron is OK. Grandparents and family, please don't worry--Cameron actually doesn't even seemed to be phased by all that has gone on today. He has some Tylenol floating through his system, and all he wants to know is, "When can I go back in the pool?"

3. I have never seen that much blood pouring out of someone in my entire life.

4. I thank GOD that Shane was here to handle this. I was an absolute WRECK, and that truly doesn't even begin to describe it accurately. (*a side note here....I apparently don't handle trauma to my children very well....*)

5. I thank God even more that the injury, though traumatic for us today, was not worse. I think about parents whose children lose eyes, or limbs, or worse, or children who suffer from life long illnesses or injuries, and I think to myself, "I sure am glad it was only a tooth that will grow back in a few years."

6. All that being said....5 hours later, I still can't look at poor Cami without tears coming to my eyes. (At least they aren't streaming anymore....)




I'll try to post some pictures of Cameron's 'new' smile later, but for now, here is a pic of his tooth, root and all--that's a penny in the picture, for size comparison.









5 comments:

Homegrown Tribe said...

Oh yes... we've done that. Glad he's okay.

brittany

Stephanie said...

OHHH poor you! Seriously, I was cringing just reading what you wrote (not sure I want to know what happened as I tend to be horrible with these types of things) I am glad Shane was there for you - Gary handles the boys unexpected injuries SOO much better than I do (I say "unexpected" because I typically do okay with the fall down and skin my knee kind of stuff) Wow - I bet you were really shook up. Poor mommy and poor little guy.

Anonymous said...

oh goodness dev! from now on I think all boys should play in bubble wrap pack n plays until they are at least 5 what do you think? uugghhh! poor cami!!! of all your children for this to happen to he was probably hysterical for a bit huh? poor guy!

Hannah said...

I know what you mean about having Daddy around to take control of traumatic situations!

Though, I'm sure if he weren't around, you would have done what needed to be done--and then broken to pieces afterwards. :)

When G was 18 months, he fell and almost bit through his tongue, half way back and half way across the tongue, basically all the way through. (Sorry if that's too much detail.) I managed...until the emergency doc got to us...then I lost it. :)

So glad everyone's okay, though.

Julie said...

Oh NO!! Poor guy! I can relate to terrible accidents, blood pouring out, and seeing my little one hurt.

Glad everything turned out OK, and that (while I'm guessing the pool had something to do with the accident) Cameron isn't afraid to go back in the pool!