Our trip down to Louisiana started off pretty awesome with an early morning shopping at Target with Scottie Pippen! Yes, I was the crazy lady taking pictures of him while in my van before the doors opened to go shopping. I watched as Scottie sort of laughed at the guy who tried to open the doors to let himself in when it was so obvious by the people standing around, Pipen included, that the store was not open yet. It was a funny feeling seeing a celebrity type of person in a regular setting. I have been around many different stars while at concerts, baseball, basketball, football games, etc., but never at a random meeting like a Target store!! Did I get my boys an autograph? No. Did I go and talk to him? No. I wanted to, but just didn't quite know how to go about it. I was going to the store to buy snack and drinks for our long drive and he obviously went out early to not be bugged by random people. Right? Me, a regular lady with three kids in tow just didn't seem like it would be interesting. So I was torn by wanting to be around a star, and not pestering the guy. Oh well, it was still super cool shopping along side him walking the aisles of the "bulls eye" store and seeing him being really nice to everyone and going about his day.
The boys and I were at Target so early because we went with Nate to his work. He had to work a half of day and would be off at 11:30 so Target and breakfast is what we occupied ourselves with. After Nate got off we had lunch and then headed out on our drive. Because we were starting midday we stopped for the night and continued the next day. We were a bit worried about the weather for the week since Louisiana was being visited by Tropical Storm Irene and a possible hurricane! The whole weekend we arrived it rained over 20 inches!! Some parts were having bad flooding issues, but Steve/Diana's house was just fine. By Tuesday of the following week it had cleared up and the sun was shining. We arrived safe and sound at Gr and Gr Cottrell's house around 4 or so just the perfect time to jump in the warm pool! It was raining off and on and as long as there is no lighting it's a GO to swim!!
An hour into the fun and games this, no way in heck could your repeat, accident happened!
Clay was having a great time on the diving board and playing fighting games with Nate. And if anyone knows Clay he is relentless at trying to win at something. Some how he was a bit too crazy and didn't get far enough away from the diving board and hit one of his baby teeth on the side of the board as he was jumping into the pool. The tooth made a huge gash up his gums. It not only pushed upward but in as well making the bottom of his tooth the only visible part of it left.
We left the other two boys with Steve and Diana while Nate and I took Clay to the Emergency room. Like all emergency rooms we did our fair share of waiting. Unfortunately, this hospital didn't want to mess with Clay's tooth problem and thought it would be best for us to go the the Children's Hospital Emergency Room and see and pediatric orthodontist there. Since we were in Louisiana and not home we didn't even know there was an Children's Hospital around. The doctor asked if we had a GPS, we replied yes, which he was really relieved about. He said "Getting to this hospital is a bit of a crazy route and we wouldn't want you ending up somewhere like the projects or something" How reassuring Doc, thanks. Getting to the next hospital was crazy and the roads it was taking us on didn't even seem like a road at all, more like back alley ways!! All the while it was pouring rain buckets outside. Clay was handling things great with his bag of ice and some Tylenol we gave him. We prepped him for what might happen like a shot to make his mouth numb and he seemed a bit worried about it. After the dentist came from being on call we made our way through the winding hospital to a dentist wing on the fourth floor. She was really nice to Clay and couldn't believe how his tooth looked that she ended up taking before and after pictures of it to show her colleagues. After Clay was given a numbing shot in his mouth I asked him, "True or not true? You just got a shot in your mouth?" He hesitated and said "Not, true" "Then you have a good dentist huh because you just were given a shot in the mouth!" I replied. He was shocked. She extracted the tooth in a couple of different pieces all which were too small for Clay to keep for the Tooth Fairy so she gave him a little treasure chest instead to put under his pillow.
Here is Clay after the tooth was taken out and I asked him to tried to rub his lips together. It was hilarious the faces he was pulling because he had no control of his right side!! It was late and all of us were hungry since that last time we ate was at lunch time before we arrived at Steve/Diana's house. It was past 11 when we got back, and we retold the events of the past six hours and two separate emergency rooms. Clay was exhausted had a quick bite to eat then crashed in his bed.
So glad it all went OK and it is something to look back on and shake your head on how crazy it all was. All in all I think Clay ended up being happy to get some Tooth Fairy money a bit early. Although, the process of doing so was a bit extreme!!
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