This Bites

Last night, Gabby and Carter were drinking a little water before they were going to brush their teeth and go to bed. Gabby kept standing on her chair, despite the constant nagging that she was going to fall over and better sit down. Well, this time she really did fall over, bumped her chin on the table, and bit all the way through her tounge. It was quite a mess to clean up but she stopped bleeding pretty quickly. We called the Dr. and they told us to take her to the ER to see if it needed to be stitched. I gave her a little ibuprofen and we were off. On the way there, Gabby asked me if the Dr. could put a bandaid on her tounge so it would feel better. Of course there was about a two hour wait for a bed in the ER but I thought Gabs would probably doze off since it was so late and she was already in her jammies and slippers. Not so. That ibuprofen must have kicked in and Gabby became the party of the waiting room. She had made friends with most of the people waiting and had the nurses cracking up at her and giving her little presents like juices and a teddy bear. When we finally got in, the Dr. took a look and said it didn't need stitches but it was a pretty nasty cut. Before we left, Gabby walked to the front of the ER, where all the patients could see her and starting singing "shake your booty". We got home at about 2 in the morning and were both exhausted. I am sorry to report that she still has a gaping hole in her mouth today but, hopefully, it will heal quickly and we will not have any more crazy hospital trips for a while.