There’s nothing like getting a call from the school nurse. The first words “This is Nurse Nancy from the school and…..” and the rest is heard with a stopped heart. This time she finished by saying “Emma was in PE and got hit in the face by a basketball and lost two teeth.” My insides breathed a sigh of relief but I still let out an “Oh no!” I could see Emma getting upset at one, the attention, two, the blood and three, her lost teeth. The nurse said she seemed most upset because she wasn’t ready for them to come out. Scott was already in the pickup line at school and she said to have him come in and get her. I met them in the driveway and scooped her out just as soon as the van stopped. A few minute timeout for us in the recliner helped us both and she is off playing again. I’d post a picture but I don’t have the heart. Poor thing.
post a pic, i wanna see!
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When I was in the first grade, I was playing at PE and my face hit my friend’s head which knocked out my top front teeth. They were not loose. At all.
No school nurse. No call to my mother. I can only imagine her heart stoppage as she saw me smile a (front)tooth-less grin and say proudly, “Look, I’m a witch!”
Horror!
Oh my, I’d probably freak out!
Poor Emma…I’m sure the extra visit from the Tooth Fairy will help make it okay.
When I was in third grade my Mom got a call pulling her from her classroom to tell her that our vice-Principal was taking me to the hospital and could she meet us there. Some friends and I played this silly game where you would keep your arms close to your body instead of in your sleeves and someone else would zip your coat for you. I slipped on my ice in the playground and couldn’t put my hand down to stop the fall so I took the pavement to the head instead. I had a mild concussion and can still remember the lectures from the ER doctor, the vice-pricipal, my teacher and my parents after.
Oh, poor little darling! One light is that the teeth were going to come out anyway… can you imagine if they were permanent front teeth? Yikes… or “yikth” may be more like it!
Yay to lost teeth, great save about her asking why her teeth were on the counter. 😉