Thursday night Tessa was running in the hallway and tripped and smashed her face into the door jam. I mean smashed; SO hard. She cried and cried and almost passed out. It was not good. It swelled up a little bit, and we could tell instantly that it was going to look REALLY bad. So yesterday it was still pretty swollen ... we have intermittently put ice packs on it and given her ibuprofen to keep the swelling down. Today it looks worse. Not the swelling (which is the same), but the bruise. You know how when you get a bruise it looks way worse before it looks better? This is probably going to look even worse tomorrow.
Poor girl. Every time I look at her I feel so bad. She says it doesn't hurt, and she's been acting completely normal, so we're not really concerned about that ... it just looks so awful. Everyone we've talked to has said that there's not much else to do ... so we're just keeping with the ice and ibuprofen.
She's still playing and running around and acting like Tessa .... so hopefully it will just heal quickly and go away. (how long is a face supposed to be swollen when it's injured? anybody know?)
4 little comments:
I am sorry I dont know much about how long it will last:( Oh poor thing... I am sure it looks worse than it feels.... but it does look so sad. On another note... I love the cute picture of the girls as your header.... too cute for words. Hope you all enjoy your weekend in the sun.
Ouch. Poor thing. Hope she feels better soon
Honor! That looks so, SO bad! Wow. I sure hope that doesn't last long.
Oh man, seeing those pictures brings back some memories! I had so many sports-related black eyes growing up (maybe you remember a few of them). The swelling would usually go away in 3-4 days but the bruising would stick around for quite a while. Like a few weeks (it would lighten of course). Even after the bruising was gone, I remember the bone area under the eye being pretty sore to the touch for a while. Also experienced some sensitivity to light. Hope this helps!
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