Tooth

     Our daughter had a tonic clonic seizure at her Special Olympics Sport Start program losing a front tooth, cracking another, splitting her top lip, fracturing her nose and and cracking a bone in her hand. We have been favoured with very little in the way of injury up until now: cuts, bruises, the resulting soreness and the usual headaches. She has been so fortunate! When this particular seizure ended there was a completely intact front tooth on the gym floor about a foot away from our daughter. While our Special O coaches called 9-1-1 and made sure they found us, one of the mothers was very smart and quick enough to put the tooth in a small plastic bag in my purse so when our daughter and I were loaded up in the ambulance it came with us. My husband had the presence of mind to call our dentist, a dear family friend, and report her situation. When our daughter was off loaded into the emergency department, there was our dentist, ready, waiting and able to place that tooth back where it belonged. Not only that but for some time, he applied the necessary pressure to keep it in place. We have no idea if the tooth will take or not; only time will tell. But in an age of chronic busyness and sometimes impersonal health care, we are blessed to have a friend who will be our friend and our dentist and do both with compassion and competence. Thank you Christopher!