If you are facebook friends with me, you already know about our little tragedy last week with Riley bug. But if you're not, then let me explain. Last Tuesday evening, Mark, the kids and I were all playing out in the backyard. The little ones were roaming from the swings to the slide to the sand pit, as they normally do. Riley accidentally got smacked in the face pushing her brother in the swing, which caused her to cut her chin, but she made a quick recovery and was back out playing in no time.
She decided she wanted to play on the trampoline, and one of her favorite things to do is to run around and be chased by someone on the outside. She runs like crazy and giggle and thinks it's the funniest thing ever. Well, she had been on the trampoline for no more than 30 seconds, and I mentioned to Mark that he needed to zip the safety net, and not 5 seconds later Riley went FLYING right. out. the side. Face first, flew onto the pavement. We all watched the whole thing, and could do nothing to stop it, it happened so fast. She didn't even have time to put her hands up, she literally took the hit right on the face... her mouth, chin, and cheek. Her neck bent in a way that did not look normal, but she didn't end up hurting her neck at all. But her poor mouth. She knocked one of her top teeth right out, and had cuts all over her face, and it got swollen immediately. Of course she was crying hysterically, and Mark and I KNEW this could have been prevented. It was totally our fault. She was in so much pain and it was heartbreaking to watch. It seriously just crushed me. She was so sad the whole night, we had an emergency dentist appointment the next morning, where we determined two of her other teeth were loose, and she had to go on a soft diet for 7-10 days in hopes of them firming up. She was a superstar at the dentist, and she was so good and so compliant, they gave her a bag of like 20 toys to take home with her! And she of course insisted on going to preschool that day as well. My little trooper.
She decided she wanted to play on the trampoline, and one of her favorite things to do is to run around and be chased by someone on the outside. She runs like crazy and giggle and thinks it's the funniest thing ever. Well, she had been on the trampoline for no more than 30 seconds, and I mentioned to Mark that he needed to zip the safety net, and not 5 seconds later Riley went FLYING right. out. the side. Face first, flew onto the pavement. We all watched the whole thing, and could do nothing to stop it, it happened so fast. She didn't even have time to put her hands up, she literally took the hit right on the face... her mouth, chin, and cheek. Her neck bent in a way that did not look normal, but she didn't end up hurting her neck at all. But her poor mouth. She knocked one of her top teeth right out, and had cuts all over her face, and it got swollen immediately. Of course she was crying hysterically, and Mark and I KNEW this could have been prevented. It was totally our fault. She was in so much pain and it was heartbreaking to watch. It seriously just crushed me. She was so sad the whole night, we had an emergency dentist appointment the next morning, where we determined two of her other teeth were loose, and she had to go on a soft diet for 7-10 days in hopes of them firming up. She was a superstar at the dentist, and she was so good and so compliant, they gave her a bag of like 20 toys to take home with her! And she of course insisted on going to preschool that day as well. My little trooper.
Now, 10 days later, her cuts have all healed, all that's left is the brusiing on her cheek and her missing tooth. She is the cutest, goofiest little thing, and I'm still recovering from her fall. I can't believe she will have no tooth for YEARS. But I'm thankful that it wasn't worse, because it could have been. I'm thankful she didn't lose those two other teeth, because she could have. I'm thankful that she is so so tough, and even when she was in so much pain, and her daddy and i were crushed, she consoled US by saying "Daddy it's okay that you forgot to close the net, because it was an accident. It's okay."
This kid. I love her so much it hurts.
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