our first stitches incident (almost)

On Sunday the kids and I were in the Bridger Valley to be with my little sister Cami because my parents were out of town. They went to Arizona to visit my other little sister, Nikki. Anyway, I had forgotten to bring church clothes so we spent the morning going from house to house (all of my wonderful cousins who were so kind to share, thank you) trying to find clothes. We found clothes and got all ready for church on time even. We were sitting down waiting for church to start and Abigail was trying to get up on the bench. She slipped and smacked her face on the hymn book holder. Now Abby falls a lot and she is a very tough girl. She started to cry but I didn't think much of it. I was feeding Carter his bottle and I calmly told her to come here and I would kiss it better. Well she looked up at me and blood was gushing. I quickly handed Carter to Cami and ran Abby to the bathroom. After cleaning up the blood we found that her teeth had gone through her bottom lip (at least 3 teeth). It looked so painful but she was so so tough. I had no idea what to do, I didn't want to drive clear to Evanston for them to tell me it didn't need stitched, but on the other hand if it did need stitched I wanted to get her there quick. So I held her and calmed her down until she fell asleep. I decided to wait until sacrament was over and then I would ask the local vet if he thought stitches were needed. So that is what I did and he actually told me he wouldn't suggest it because of the location the stitches would make it scar worse. Lips usually heal fast so he told me not to. I was relieved to hear that. Abby came with me to sunday school and then she wanted to go play in nursery. She is so tough. She had fun in nursery and even ate the snacks. I wanted to get a picture because they help the story but she would not let me near it. He poor lip was so fat. She will finally let you look at it close but she still says it is sore.