OUCH!!!

I had a clinical in Orem on Monday and when I had a break I checked my phone and saw that I had some voicemails from Chad. Odd. The first voicemail: "Um, Nicole.....The school called and said that McKinzley split her lip and that I need to go get her....Call me when you have a minute." The next voicemail: "NICOLE! Call me AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS! I am taking McKinzley up to Primary Children's Hospital." So, after hearing these messages, I am starting to freak out...ALOT! I called Chad and he said that the school had called him and told him that McKinzley had fallen and split (not really the word I would have used) her lip open and that he "just needed to come up there right-away". He went up to get her and took her to the insta-care. They told him that he needed to take her up to Primary Children's to see a plastic surgeon because of where she had lacerated her face.

I left my clinical and went to pick up our other girls from our good friend Cami who so graciously took the other girls while Chad took McKinzley to the doctor. Thank you Cami!! I got home to the microwave beeping at me and all the fixings for lunch out on the counter. I checked the beeping microwave and there were chicken nuggets still in there, and in the oven there were some corn dogs. He really did drop everything and leave :) I am just glad that he turned off the oven before he bolted out the door :) Anyways, long story short, she had the plastic surgeon sew her back up so that they could make sure that they lined her lip back up so that it wouldn't look funny as she grows. They also noticed that one of her teeth had been smashed back up into her gums. They didn't do anything for it there. They just told us to wait about 2-3 weeks to see if it will come back down on its own. If it doesn't, then they will have to do surgery to pull it back down. Both of her front teeth are permanent teeth, so they said that she will probably have to have a root canal done on the one that was smashed, and maybe on the other front tooth that was knocked loose. I am debating whether to wait that long before I call the dentist?????

When she got home she was still a little loopy, but she said that she felt perfectly good except that her lip felt fat :) Chad told me that they gave her something to snuff up her nose so that she wouldn't really be with it when they gave her a shot in her lip to numb it. So, she was really out of it, but I guess however the doctor was holding her face when he was sewing it up was pushing against her teeth, so she kept saying "ouch". So the doctor kept giving her more shots. Chad said that it was after about the fourth shot the doctor finally noticed that it was because he was pushing on teeth that she was saying ouch. But, McKinzley was too loopy to say where it hurt. So, needless to say, she was REALLY numb! It was sad because that whole half of her face was droopy. She actually slept really well and wanted to go to school this morning. And, the best news of all.....she doesn't have to postpone her baptism!! They are taking the stitches out early in the morning (like 6:00am) on Saturday, so we are cleared for the baptism. She will have a bruise, and maybe still be swollen, but she was NOT going to wait on her baptism :)

Sorry, long story! Here are some pictures....

This picture really doesn't do it justice. It was cut all along the inside of her mouth up higher than on the outside...

After it was sewn up....Looks a lot better!
See that tooth that looks like it is just coming in? Ya, that used to be a normal tooth before it got shoved back up in her gums. And her lips are stained from all of the blood :(
This is her cute little "boyfriend" Rigdon that came over to give her a hug and tell her that he hoped she got better soon. (They are planning to marry each other....just ask them :) )
We also had a visit from the girls cousins who wanted to make sure that McKinzley was doing okay. These are her cousins Allyson and Brooke.
She also got a call from Nana Paige to see how she was doing, but all she told her about was how the nurse's sister works at Sea World with the buluga whales :) It made her feel so special to have so many people concerned for her. Thank you all for your concern and prayers! We love you all!