Stitches?

So, the very army men that made me laugh in my last post caused us an emergency trip to the pediatrician 5 days later! We weren't in the room when it all happened, but here's what we've figured out:

1. Mekhi had a shortage of army men.
2. Trevin had an abundance of army men.
3. Mekhi wanted more army men.
4. Trevin didn't want to lose army men.
5. There was a fight.
6. There was a lot of blood & tears.
7. There was a bloody nose and a bloody mouth.

We're still not sure exactly what happened, but it boiled down to the fact that Mekhi ripped the frenulum on his upper lip. This is the skin that connects the lip to the gums on the inside of the mouth. Let me tell you, this is a GROSS injury! When we lifted up his upper lip, it looked like his lip was going to fall off his face. Ewwwww....

It turns out that doctors try not to do stitches in the mouth because of an increased risk of infection. Surprisingly it is healing nicely (milkshakes help, of course!).

Now, that's a swollen lip!

Ewwww....

He was trying to smile, must not have been too bad!