My Little Drummer Boys: Hear me Squeak and grumble

Sunday, 13 November 2011

Hear me Squeak and grumble

I wish I could title it hear me roar -

I've got a really big grumble today and a bigger thankful.
Today, Joel traumatically smashed out three front teeth , chipped a fourth and knocked back a 5th. The top of his upper gums are mangled.

He had unknown to us swapped bikes with a 7yr boy.A neighbouring camper.
He had his bike helmet on thankfully.
Like what kind of parents let their kid ride a bike with non existence brakes ...

The accident happened in front of about 30 lifesavers, at the campground, having lunch after a beach training session.

Thankfully.

In a weird coincidence the nurse who superglued Sam's head wound Thursday (I didn't tell you about except on twitter) - was camped at same campground (She is a lifesaving instructor). She had already said hello to us and remembered Sam.

She said there probbaly wasn't much they could do anyway at the hospital. Plus it is Sunday !

They gave him first aid while the kid, who had a bike no brakes, rode our bike back to tell us.

The poor lad felt bad and said "I told Joel wasn't a good idea I have no brakes" -

"I've been begging my dad to fix my brakes "

Where is my sarcasm font !

His parents feel ~~guilty as hell~~ bad too but are trying to make light of it ..."Lucky it's his baby teeth and they'll grow back". All I squeak out - "Boys will be boys" "Yes , he'll be ok"

The little sister drew Joel a picture too with "a hope you feel better soon" written by the mum.

Joel was riding the bike down a slight slope on loose ground and rode straight past a log into a picnic table.

It could have been worse - thankfully he didn't break his jaw or a limb or injure an eye.Somebody saved a chipped bit of tooth ? but nothing else could be found.

He is very sore and was upset for over an hour.

I foresee a trip to the dentist the day we get home in 9 days time.

Are you superstitious ? ...I just realised today is the 13th - our site is #13 Lucky Bay !!

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Sara @ Tis the life · 698 weeks ago

OMG! You have good right to grumble! That is crazy- who lets a kid ride a bike without breaks that boys parents need to be disciplined somehow. I hope your little man feels better soon.
I hope your time away improves

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Lightening · 698 weeks ago

Oh no! What a horrible thing to happen, especially while you're away from home. :( I think you're neighbours are lucky they still have their teeth with a comment like that!
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Bernie · 698 weeks ago

Oh no!! That's terrible! I'd be mad...no brakes?! How ridiculous!!

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@my_family_table · 698 weeks ago

Oh Trish, your poor little man, hope he's feeling better soon and that the trip to the dentist reassures you that he's fine xo

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Essentially Jess 98p · 698 weeks ago

Oh dear Trish, this does not sound fun! I hate teeth/mouth injuries. Other things I can handle but not teeth. Hope there's no permanent damage and he gets a good sleep tonight!

And no, I'm not superstitious at all :)
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Dorothy · 698 weeks ago

Oh, wow, poor kid! That is some awful luck.... I hope he's OK in the long run...
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Denyse · 697 weeks ago

That is awful. And away from the usual services & all. Can't get over the stupidity of some people. Are you able to book a dentist visit before you get back? Recently Mr 4 Grandson chipped his front tooth ( first doesn't make it unimportant) & dentist was able to smooth it out.
Anyone who thinks it "doesn't matter" about first teeth, has NO idea. It does.
I think you need a badge of gold for not exploding in the parent's face!!!
Home soon :-)
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Cathy · 697 weeks ago

I missed teh tweet about Sam's head wound (hope he's okay) and hope Joel will be too. When my nephew was very young (perhaps Joel's age?), he fell off a stool at home and smashed all his teeth! Quite traumatic. Luckily, he didn't need major surgery when he got older. From memory, they had to wait a few years before they could tell the extent of damage - they had to wait and see how the other teeth grew.

Scary too when these things happen away from home and away from medical services - glad to hear you got some assurance from the nurse.

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@ThisMummyMaze · 697 weeks ago

Thats terrible hope your poor little guy heals quickly and theres no damage to his adult teeth.__Sorry 13 was not the best today but i love 13 its my birthday , my baby girl was born 13 days after my bday, my name starts wth the 13th letter of the alphabet so im not superstitious about numbers at all.

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Alex aka Whoa Mumma · 697 weeks ago

Arrr! That's so, so awful. Poor kiddo.

I know how you feel.
My daughter killed her front teeth when she was younger, smashing them into the side of a pool while 'someone responsible' was watching her. Ugh.

She's now 12, has an Angelina type pout thanks to the scarring and perfect teeth thanks to the $3000 I had to spend on braces to fix her adult teeth because they ended up growing in weird.
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Marilyn · 697 weeks ago

Oh Trish that's awful. Hope both boys are ok - and you aren't too scarred either!

Don't feel too bad about not roaring, I'd probably be the same as you, more grateful than anything it wasn't worse. I hope you got the parents' details anyway?

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river · 697 weeks ago

I'm glad it wasn't so much worse!
You should have exchanged names & addresses and insurance information too.
Dental work is expensive, he may need a retainer to keep the rest of the baby teeth in place until the permanent teeth start growing through.
And SHAME on that father for not fixing his son's brakes!!
How would he feel if it had been his own boy losing teeth or worse?
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tamara · 697 weeks ago

Oh no what a terrible thing to happen....luckily it wasnt worse. I hope they are baby teeth that have been damaged.

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Kellie @ Three Li'l · 697 weeks ago

Far out! Feeling grumbly for you! Maybe that dad will finally fix the brakes!
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katepickle 37p · 697 weeks ago

Oh just reading this... having flash backs to when my girl knocked out her teeth and smashed up her palatte.

Probably not practical for you guys right now but we had a GP and dentist (over the phone) advise us they could do nothing till the swelling went down but because her teeth were still in her jaw but pushed up it didn't feel right to wait so I took her to the hospital and thankfully we did because she needed them surgically removed and to have parts of the broken bones in her palate removed... so in a way I hope your boys teeth were knocked right out, but I'd see if you can get him into a children's hospital with a dental unit when you can. Plus the work they did was free (though the fall out now years later will cost us a fortune as she damaged adult teeth too :( )

Oh yes... I so feel for you and I'd be more than a little grumbly!

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