Ella's Accident

At the Wade family reunion on Saturday at Uncle Alan's and Aunt Melanie's house in Terry, MS, Ella had a bad accident. She fell back out of a plastic outdoor chair and busted her face on the concrete. At first, we thought she just had a bloody nose, scratched up finger and busted lip, but a little look under her top lip showed that she had cracked her front tooth vertically right down the middle. G-Paw drove Uncle Dustin, Aunt Marley, Ella and myself to St. Dominic's to get her checked out. Grammy and Chloe met us there. Her nose turned out to be fine, but they were concerned about the tooth. So then we were sent to UMC to the Blair Batson Children's Hospital to meet up with a pediactric dentist that was on call for the night. After an x-ray, Dr. Correa decided that the tooth needed to be removed, because it would cause her extreme pain later on top of other problems. Using a topical numbing agent and some shots to deaden the area, she extracted Ella's tooth which was in three pieces. Ella had to be strapped down in a cocoon like thing which made her really angry, and she fought and fussed the whole time. Uncle Dustin ended up having to hold her head still, so Dr. Correa, which was the only person in the room other than Uncle Dustin, Aunt Marley, and myself, could get the last part of the tooth out. She seemed to work on the last part for 5 agonizing minutes! I felt so bad for Ella. She has been doing great starting the next day when she woke up. Dr. Correa said permanent teeth come in at about age 6 or 7. Until then, Ella will be missing one of her front teeth =(

Ella at St. Dominic's with a scratched up nose and busted lip.  She was having a really good day, before the accident, and she got better again at the hospital.

Ella telling Chloe, "No, no" and pointing her finger.  They were fighting over the highly caffienated, sugary Mountain Dew that G-Paw bought them.

 Our "room" at UMC.  Basically a hallway, with a piece of plywood blocking it and a partition.

Dr. Correa taking the tooth out.  She really was a sweet doctor. Dustin actually knew her from a class they had together at Delta State. Throughout the whole experience, we saw 4 or 5 people from Greenwood that we knew!