2. Do not take your child to the emergency room for a bleeding tongue. (Luckily I thought this was the case and took him to his pediatrician.) To suture a tongue would require complete sedation.
3. Ice pops are the recommended treatment for bleeding tongues.
I will spare you the picture of the tongue with the hole in it where he cut himself with a pair of scissors.UPDATE: I learned one more thing today. My sister suggested soaking a tea bag in warm water. Then squeezing the excess water out. Then placing the tea bag on the cut. Luckily, Sawyer was cooperative and stuck his tongue out. That did the trick! Hooray!
(AND YES, he cut his tongue with scissors at school. It was a very large and deep cut. I don't know how)
3 comments:
With a pair of scissors!?!?!
Oh my gosh!! I am sorry! Wow.
You know, I got called last week when Joseph bit his tongue after falling off the monkey bars (REally!)
Funny story, we were at the park with friends at the time I got the call. I apologized to the other family for leaving so abruptly, but I said Joseph had bitten his tongue and so we had to cut it short.
So the little boy freaks out that we are going to have to cut Joseph's tongue short. haha.
So I guess he's going to be OK? I'm sure that's the last time he'll ever try to cut his tongue again.
BTW what did you decide about next year?
I remember when I had my wisdom teeth out that the dentist said to put tea bags on my gums. Something about the tea makes the blood clot. It tasted gross, but it did the trick.
Lori
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