Ellery recently got a new look. Let's see if you can tell!!!!!!!!
Before.....
After.....
That's right, Ellery had to have her teeth pulled. I'm actually SO SO sad about it. Her teeth were so cute and now, well, she just looks different. She looks, talks, sounds, and eats different now.
So here's the story......She was in nursery when it happened. Apparantly they were blowing bubbles. Ellery and another boy were going after the same bubble when they ran right into each other which caused Ellery to fall and hit her mouth on a chair. They came and got me out of Relief Society. Her bottom lip was bleeding and she was crying. I tried calming her down and when she kept pointing at her teeth I took a closer look. I noticed her top 2 teeth were bleeding slightly and they were angled backward. I felt them and yep, they were loose. So we got Jacob and left church. (unfortunately only 10 min early.) Dentist offices are closed Sundays so we decided to wait and take her in on Monday. By the end of the night her top lip was getting pretty swollen. We tried icing it, but she didn't like holding cold against her mouth. The next morning, she looked awful!! Her upper lip had swelled SO much during the night. She seriously looked like a hoo. I got her a dentist appointment that afternoon. He said the swelling was one of the worse he's seen. The teeth were pushed back and the roots were angled forward which caused all the swelling in the lip and gum area. He explained how tring to fix it and push everything back into place could cause damage to the permanant teeth that are forming right now. There was also a risk of infection. SO, he said the best thing was to just pull them and start her on antibiotics. She handled everything ok up until the point they numbed her mouth. When he pulled the teeth out, she SCREAMED!! It was awful. They said she was all numb, but it makes me wonder cause she was acting like it wasn't. I felt really bad. She screamed and screamed. She was still crying and upset when we got home. Jacob held her and she eventually fell asleep. When she woke up she was much better and she's been fine ever since. She hasn't complained of much pain except when I brush her teeth. It's amazing how fast the swelling went down. It was much better even right after we got home from the dentist. It bled a lot and I think that helped with the swelling. Now we just need to let the holes heal all the way and learn to eat and talk better!!
