The Daily Biff - 2007 04 20

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Fri, 20 Apr 2007

Olivia Bites a Hanger
This evening we drove down to Factoria as a family to do some shopping, have some dinner, and play at the children's museum. While Kristy took Berkeley and Eliana to the museum to play, Olivia and I went over to the Rack to look various items. While I was shopping I had to keep Olivia busy with something to keep her from screeching.

One item she liked was a clothing hanger. This particular hanger was typical for any clothing store - it was composed of a clear plastic body with a metallic hook. The hook was made of stainless steel and the end was bent back on itself making it very blunt and seemingly safe.

Well, while I was thumbing through some shirts on a rack. A nearby lady got my attention and stated that the hanger appeared to her to be stuck in Olivia mouth. When I flipped Olivia around (I was holding her in one arm with her back against by chest) I could see that she had bit the hangar with enough force to cause the blunt end of the hook to penetrate the soft tissue beneath her tongue. I struggled to free the hook with one hand, so I had the lady hold Olivia briefly while I extracted the hanger from her mouth.

Of course, as soon as I freed the hanger from her mouth, blood quickly poured out of the hole the hanger had made underneath her tongue filling her mouth. I stuck the pacifier in her mouth so she would swallow the blood and raced her out of the store and down the mall hallways to the children's museum. We collected everyone and then set out on the road with the intent to visit the Bellevue's branch of Eastside Pediatric. The office closed at 6pm, we were there at 6:15pm.

Meanwhile, Olivia has cried herself to sleep, her mouth was no longer bleeding, and I had spent much of the driving time on the phone with nurses and my friend David (an ER doc). The advice was just to take her home if the bleeding had stopped and watch her for signs of infection. There would be no need for stitches.

Olivia woke up about three hours later with a very swollen tongue. We decided to take her to the urgent care. So we took Berkeley and Eliana out of bed and placed them in the care of Tracy and Jerrod and then drove to the urgent care in Issaquah. The doctor on call recommended Motrin for pain and gave us a prescription to fight of infection (just in case). She is asleep again now. The doctor said she will be sore for the next three to four days.

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:35 pm
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