Tough Litle Tyler-Man

Poor Tyler has had quite a morning... He was trying to go down the stairs but tripped at the top on the baby gate and fell face first onto a stair right before Jeff caught him. We threw both kids in the car and went first to urgent care... it wasn't open; then to the ER.... were there for 20 minutes in a room and not even a nurse showed up; then to our dentist who referred us to a pediatric dentist; then finally 45 minutes after the fall we were at a pediatric dentist who took an x-ray of Ty's mouth. He lost one tooth for sure (the bottom front, left) and the one right next to that has a 90% chance of not making it. The two next to those two are loose but will most likely be fine. The permanent teeth are probably fine, the x-ray showed that no matter what, Tyler would have crowding when those teeth came in anyway, so we will need to get him braces for sure and would have even if this had not happened.

Tyler was so brave and looked like a warrior when we got home. He was covered in blood and has a pretty crooked smile. Soft foods for the next 3 weeks and a check up again in 2 months to look at the other tooth.

Our hearts, of course, broke when we saw all the blood and the poor little guy in pain. What a terrible feeling to see you kid hurting and not being able to fix it. I love that little man!