We're on holiday in cornwall. About 5 days ago ds2 fell smack on his face on a patio. His lip was massive and pretty bloody. I rang minor injuries and they said unlikely that anything could be done as was burst lip rather than cuts iyswim.
It seemed to be healing. Lip swelling went down and he no longer resembled post surgery Leslie ash. All good. But yesterday he did it AGAIN. Bit more blood. Less swelling. Much less severe injury. But but but - he seems to have this kind of scab on the gum above the front teeth. Sort of browny/red. If you wipe gently with salt water it wipes with red blood. And he's sleeping now but I can see that it's bled again overnight. He does have a dummy.
What on earth do you think I should do? In a bit of a panic because dh flying home today, I'm here alone with the 3 dcs and have no idea whether this is something that will go, is normal when you've got an accident prone ds, nothing to worry about etc. or whether I should be trying to find someone hopefully in a 40 mile radius who can see him.
He has NO tooth pain. He's not keen on me looking at it. I think it's a bit sore when prodded (but not exceptionally so, and I'm sure most scabs are). But the teeth are rock solid and seem the same length and straightness as ever before.
Aaaarrrghh!
I think my gut is saying that it will heal, but is hard in a moist mouth.
Of course I'm trying to work out whether my gut is wrong wrong wrong and being influenced by the fact were away from home and I don't know about medical services here to the same degree as I do at home and I don't have the same relaxed ability to access our lovely gp just for a once over.