Lucy's First ER Visit

That's right. Lucy upped my adrenaline production this week. She slipped , and her mouth began bleeding. I got it to stop fairly quickly, and thought nothing more of it. Well when I went to take her out of the car she opened her mouth, and I almost fainted upon seeing a gaping hole in her tongue! I rushed her into the school & the nurse confirmed my fear..we were off to Dell. Thankfully the dr. did not want to stitch it; the wound was just under 50% of the width of the tongue so it should heal better on it's own. But she is on a soft food diet for 7 days, and I gotta tell you she does not think highly of pureed food.
I wince whenever I catch a glimpse of the "canyon", but I did make a valiant effort to get photographic evidence. However everytime I tried she would duck her head. Ethan says it is because Lucy does not want her wound on the blog. He may have a point.
On a side note, I found it disturbing that "down syndrome" was one of the medical conditions that the nurse listed on her medical form. Is DS a medical condition? Can they fix it? Does it make any difference in her care? I think not, and if I had not been so freaked out I would have argued that point.

Lucy having a brain freeze after eating a huge chunk of Otter Pop.