My little Tagen is fearless... Mostly. She will often stand at the top of the stairs with her toes hanging over the edge of the top step and rock back and forth. As if that's not enough to scare me to death, she will also do a "Downward dog" pose at the top of the stairs. That's right. Her little hands hang over the edge of the top step and her head is right at the edge. She loves it. I'm telling you.... Fearless. (Except for cats and dogs, but that's another story.)
Well, I was emptying the dishwasher the other day and Tagen was playing as usual. All of the sudden I heard a sharp intake of breath from her and then Crash! Boom! Bang! My heart sank into my stomach as I realized she had just fallen down the ALL. FOURTEEN. STAIRS. I started running and was relieved to hear her crying. (I know that sounds bad, but it's good because that means she's breathing.)
As I reached her at the bottom, I was shaking worse than she was. I did a quick head to toe assessment and could only find blood coming from her mouth. All her limbs seemed okay. She stood up and crawled into my arms. I immediately called Brad for some reassurance and some calming. End result: she bit through her lip on one corner, bit through the inside of her bottom lip and has a nasty abrasion on her chin. Poor thing. I'm so grateful it wasn't any worse.
This was right after the fall.
You can see her bottom lip swelling.
This was two days later. Her poor chin looked horrible.
This is today. Her chin has scabbed over well
and so has her lip.
She's still fearless around the stairs, but does sit down as she reaches the edge.
Hopefully there won't be anymore falls in her future.
