Update of this post.
UPDATE #1 - 9:30 am: She is still bleeding. She woke up this morning with blood on her pillow and face. The clot was rather large in size. I paged the dentist (he is off on Fridays) and he thinks that she is just playing with it too much, so it's not really able to form a good clot. So, as little rinsing as possible, no physical activity, and soft foods for the next 24 hours. We'll just have to see how it goes. If anyone has some advice on this, I would love to hear it.
UPDATE #2 - 7:37 pm:I think the bleeding has stopped. We ran some easy errands and I ended up bumping into a lady who works at the salon where I get my hair cut. She used to be a dental hygienist. We got to talking and I told her what was going on. She took one look at it and immediately recommended tea bags. We wet a tea bag down and plopped it gently over the affected area and she lightly bit down. She had it in there for about 1 1/2 hours. The bleeding hasn't started back up and the "lump" has not grown, and as of this writing, it continues to get smaller. It's turning the rather grayish, whitish, yellowish color the dentist warned me about, which means it's healing. I don't mind telling you that at the time of the first update? The lump had spread and was partially covering each surrounding tooth. It was not making me comfortable, but I felt I needed to follow the dentists advice. Which I'm doing, well, I'm forcing Meelie to do. But I threw in the tea bag, which really did the trick. Keep your fingers crossed.
Comments
Oh, poor sweet dear....I am amazed that the dentist did not say to use a Tea Bag in his instructions to you...I pray it continues to go in the direction of healing..The Tea Bag is a fantastic solution and a great great help in the healing process.....Also, it is not uncommonfor there to be a little bit of residue bleeding. a day or two later.....I have had years and years and YEARS of Dental stuff....In fact, so much, that I could no doubt have bought a home on the water in Hawaii...
So lucky thatyou ran into that lovely helpful woman.....
Tea Bags Rock! (lol)
Here from Michele my dear....!
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The HillsOl at August 24, 2007 8:18 PM
That former dental hygeinist is one wise lady: tea bags are the cat's meow for oral bleeding. When I had my wisdom teeth out, I bled like a stuck pig the first night. I felt so invincible from the local anesthetic that I figured I could just be my usual busy self.
Bad move: by midnight, the anesthetic had worn off, and I was in major pain. I eventually drifted off to sleep, but woke up in a pool of blood. My dentist said I was too active, too soon. Sounds a lot like what your daughter's experiencing.
I sucked on tea bags - tetley, if memory serves - and it accelerated the clotting process. Definitely the neatest thing, and I've been a huge tea fan ever since.
Funny how we find angels in the most interesting places. Sending you good health happies for your little girl. Make sure you get some rest, too: this is stressful on mom and dad as well.
Posted by: Carmi at August 24, 2007 9:35 PM
Poor Meelie - I remember having a tooth pulled a couple of years ago and it still haunts my nightmares.
[sends lhugs to Meelie]
Tell her it'll all pass, and when she's a bit older she's going to have beautiful teeth, 'cos she's going to be a very pretty young woman.
cq
Posted by: craziequeen at August 25, 2007 8:25 AM
:) glad it's sorted now..
Oh and Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Gopher at August 25, 2007 2:47 PM
I am so glad that the tea bag idea worked! How cool that you ran in to that dental hygenist
Posted by: Twisted Cinderella at August 25, 2007 7:12 PM
