In playing with the boys this morning Marie bit her tongue. It was a considerable bite and bled for hours. I finally called DDS who was out of the office. His secretary directed me to call pediatrician. We went in around 10:30 A.M. and were there until noon. There is a flap on the side of her tongue but the doctor does not think she is a candidate for stitching. She does think it will continue to bleed for another day. She had said if it were grossly bleeding at 1:30 P.M. to call and we’d go to an oral surgeon somewhere. But if it were just a slow ooze that we would not need further evaluation. At 2:00 P.M. it was just trickling and our doctor visits were over for the day.

Soft, cold foods only. She told us to go get a milkshake or smoothie. Marie made the doctor smile when she said, “That’s the best news I’ve ever heard.” We went to McDonald’s where I paid an obscene amount for a milkshake, but it was the size of her head and came with whipped cream and a cherry. You should have seen Marie’s face when I went to hand it back to her. “This is mine?” Glee.

She was also told not to talk or open her mouth except to eat cold, soft foods. That is hard for any child, but Marie…..

This will hardly register as a blip on the great screen of Marie’s life, but it did make for an adventurous morning!

She’s now outside climbing pine trees and driving the baby around in the PowerWheels car.  [The baby is wearing a helmet.]