Trauma! Trauma!

June 1st, we experienced our first ER visit as parents.

Of course, it wasn't Mr. Cautious (Jack).

Our wild Tucker man was the culprit.

It was an (EARLY) and lazy Saturday morning.

We were all lounging in our pajamas and watching cartoons.

Brett was sitting on our fireplace hearth eating some cereal, and Tucker would walk up to him begging for a bite (like he always does), and he lost his balance.

Poor little tyke fell mouth first right into the sharp edge of our tile hearth.

Having been sitting close by, Brett got to him fast, and could tell immediately that it was pretty bad.

This is where it all gets a bit blurry for me.

Obviously frantic, I was stressed just hearing him cry so hard.  I could see Brett holding a bloody towel to his mouth, and a faintness came over me so strong that I completely lost all capability to control my body.

It was pretty ridiculous, really.

Good thing Tucker had one good parent to take care of him. 

We scrambled to throw clothes on...I literally crawled on the floor trying to get my bearings...passed out cold in Jack's room. 

Finally Brett just picked me up and literally threw me in the car.

He was like, "GET IT TOGETHER!"

Sheesh. Let's hope I'm never alone when an emergency happens.

Use. Less.

Even on the way to Instacare, Tucker was his happy smiling self.

We got there, and the doctor said it was too complicated of a cut for him to work on.  He said that Tucker was too little for HIM to do stitches, so he sent us to the ER.

Off to Timp Hospital we went.

He was such a champ waiting for the Doc.

Jack was sympathetic.

The doctor said we should just let it heal on it's own because stitches would be so difficult in that area, and we'd have to completely put him under.

We came home, and watched as our sweet little boys lip hung off his face!

Ugh.

Even now, I can't look at it!

We were worried, although Tucker was quite happy.

We talked to Brandon, who suggested we go to an Oral specialist.

Luckily, with Chris in the family...we leaned on his expertise and met him at his office for an evaluation before making the plunge to go to an oral surgeon.

He confirmed that it would heal on it's own, and well...

So off we went, home and relieved that we didn't have to put him under!

He was definitely "Tucker"ed out!

But, such a sweet and happy patient!

I can already tell...he's gonna keep us on our toes!

Little devil!