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Hi ladies,
Seeking some advice about a toddler tongue injury. Yesterday my son was at nursery and he tripped. He fell onto the bottom rung of a climbing frame and put his teeth through his tongue and lip. The lip I don't have a problem with, he did it in the summer and healed fine. The tongue though is a huge concern. We took him to A&E and they had max-vac specialists look at his tongue. As he's so young they wouldn't put him under and give him stitches and told me it would heal on its own. I know I should trusts them and the rational part of me does, but the irrational part of me looks at his tongue and freaks out!!! The end is split and there's this loose bit that sort of flaps. My son only just turned two and has a communication delay, so he doesn't understand when I tell him not to play with his tongue. He keeps pushing it against his teeth flapping it open. It's so horrid! I am so worried the end will come off and he'll be left with a deformed tongue.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Did it heal well? Did it heal completely? How long did it take to heal and stop flapping? I won't worry so much once it all joins back together.
I find myself so squeamish about it! Terrible I know, but lumps, cuts and bruises I feel I can cope with... Just finding it hard to see the end of his tongue hanging off
Thanks ladies
*UPDATE*
I thought I'd update the thread in case anyone finds it while looking for similar stories if they have a child with a similar injury.
Well it's been exactly a month now since he hurt himself and his tongue is almost back to normal. The very very tip of his tongue (like the last few mm) still looks a little strange, like it's not quite attached (though it doesn't flap anymore, it just lies flat against his tongue and it's so small you barely notice it unless you study it), but the rest is completely healed. It's remarkable! I have no doubt this tiny last bit will completely heal too, as it's been steadily getting smaller these last few weeks. Most of the cut was healed within a week, but the bit that was flapping on the end has taken a while longer. Understandably! It has been steadily getting smaller and smaller as his tongue healed and now only the tiniest tiniest bit is left. You wouldn't even notice it really. It all went very white for a while, but I didn't panic, as I remembered that injuries in the mouth obviously can't scab like normal wounds and that white means it is healing. I'm glad it's over now! Looking at his tongue for those first few days was horrible!
Seeking some advice about a toddler tongue injury. Yesterday my son was at nursery and he tripped. He fell onto the bottom rung of a climbing frame and put his teeth through his tongue and lip. The lip I don't have a problem with, he did it in the summer and healed fine. The tongue though is a huge concern. We took him to A&E and they had max-vac specialists look at his tongue. As he's so young they wouldn't put him under and give him stitches and told me it would heal on its own. I know I should trusts them and the rational part of me does, but the irrational part of me looks at his tongue and freaks out!!! The end is split and there's this loose bit that sort of flaps. My son only just turned two and has a communication delay, so he doesn't understand when I tell him not to play with his tongue. He keeps pushing it against his teeth flapping it open. It's so horrid! I am so worried the end will come off and he'll be left with a deformed tongue.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Did it heal well? Did it heal completely? How long did it take to heal and stop flapping? I won't worry so much once it all joins back together.
I find myself so squeamish about it! Terrible I know, but lumps, cuts and bruises I feel I can cope with... Just finding it hard to see the end of his tongue hanging off
Thanks ladies
*UPDATE*
I thought I'd update the thread in case anyone finds it while looking for similar stories if they have a child with a similar injury.
Well it's been exactly a month now since he hurt himself and his tongue is almost back to normal. The very very tip of his tongue (like the last few mm) still looks a little strange, like it's not quite attached (though it doesn't flap anymore, it just lies flat against his tongue and it's so small you barely notice it unless you study it), but the rest is completely healed. It's remarkable! I have no doubt this tiny last bit will completely heal too, as it's been steadily getting smaller these last few weeks. Most of the cut was healed within a week, but the bit that was flapping on the end has taken a while longer. Understandably! It has been steadily getting smaller and smaller as his tongue healed and now only the tiniest tiniest bit is left. You wouldn't even notice it really. It all went very white for a while, but I didn't panic, as I remembered that injuries in the mouth obviously can't scab like normal wounds and that white means it is healing. I'm glad it's over now! Looking at his tongue for those first few days was horrible!
