Black-toothed Anjali

I took the kids swimming at Granny's house yesterday and they had a blast. Afterward, I took all 3 kids in the shower with me for a quick rinse. There was fighting and yelling and to make a long story short, Anj slipped and landed on her teeth. There was lots of blood, three jammed teeth and one of them was REALLY loose.


The good thing is that this incident happened at Granny's house--because there were other people around to occupy my kids while I paged the emergency dentist and figured out what to do. (look at me the optimist! ;)


After waiting an hour, the pediatric dentist never called back (apparently their pager was broken, grrr). I opted to contact our (mine and Cliff's) dentist. She told me to go in first thing the next morning; there was nothing to do tonight. As I packed up our things to get ready to head home, Wesley decided to 'eat it' and got a fat lip too.


The next day we went to the dentist first thing in the morning. The x-rays showed no nerve damage and the loose tooth had solidified. The dentist said that Anj should have a soft diet for the next few days and that there was also about a 50% chance that her teeth would turn gray/black. (the good: its her baby teeth, the bad: its her front teeth and its going to be 4 years or so until she loses them) Since it was Tuesday, and we were already down on Costa Mesa, we headed down to the beach to play with our friends. Other than eating things awkwardly on the side of her mouth, Anj acted normal. Everyone had fun at the beach.
That Anjali, she's one tough babe!