Wow. What was described as a "split lip" was really more like a space where the lip and muscles above the lip had separated enough that you could put your finger there. His lip was wide open with his mouth exposed. It looked like a child with a cleft palate that had not been repaired.
When the doctors saw the extent of the damage they decided to perform a minor surgery to repair the damage. They needed to sedate him to be sure that he didn't move. The concern, as it was expressed to me was "if we are off by more than a
millimeter, he'll have a permanent deformity". These are very alarming words for parents to hear.
I took pictures of him
pre-operation on my cell phone but I can't figure out how to get them off :s
The surgery was done with waking sedation and Dave and I were able to stay in the room. He came out of it really well and after an hour of observation we are home with our little guy.
Grandma came over with
Popsicles and a present and he is happy again.
The 911 Book is still a huge hit! I can hear that thing any time he is in the bathroom-it is awesome!
There is one lump on his lip that is making me uneasy. I asked them about it at CHEO and they said it was just a fat lip. As the swelling is going down everywhere else, the lump is staying the same. I am wondering if we'll need to follow up to get it fixed.
The swelling is coming down and with small doses of Advil he isn't in pain from what we can tell.
Our boys playing together this morning.
We're going to make Monkey work for it over the coming weeks to co-incide with the stickers that he earns at school and on the bus.
The Dr said that after a year it'll be really hard to even tell that it happened.
I'm sure that the chicks will dig the "dangerous" man that he is ; )
Wow. What was described as a "split lip" was really more like a space where the lip and muscles above the lip had separated enough that you could put your finger there. His lip was wide open with his mouth exposed. It looked like a child with a cleft palate that had not been repaired.
He fell this morning at day care mere minutes after arriving. Dave turned the car around and headed back to get him. The day care director rode in the back and they made thier way to the hospital with ice on his poor little face.
