a few sundays ago, embry bit his tongue pretty bad! Steven was brushing their teeth before bed and he slipped off the stool and hit his chin on the sink. it was later than they usually go to bed-around 9:30. i was feeding finnick while it happened so i only got one look at it, and i just saw blood. Steven said that it looked pretty bad so i took him..wanting to just get all this over with since it was already 10pm and i was tired! So when the nurse called him back to get his vitals he asked Embry to stick his tongue out. There was this perfect straight line of a cut with a piece of tongue hanging out. I felt sick and tears started coming but i held them back not wanting to freak Embry out. he still saw my face but i didn't seem to affect him at all. he is one calm and collected kid sometimes cause i can imagine that hurt pretty bad! After 2.5 hours (which isn't too bad for the ER) the doctor just said that since it was in the middle of his tongue it would grow back together pretty quickly and stitches would actually be a worse option for with all that saliva the anesthetic shot would create. and also with a 3 year old freaking out they would have to put him out. so it was just a liquid diet for a few days and by about Friday it looked amazingly better! He liked the idea of going to the store and picking out yogurt and applesauce that was just his. The 2nd picture is the morning after and it looked way worse in person because you can see the dimension of the flap. but he handled it like a champ and i was the only one who ended up being a little traumatized by it.
he was persistent about his hands being this way for the picture.
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