2nd day at kindy

2nd day at kindy - shocking accident
I left the house just past 8am and tried to drop him off a little earlier so I could do my other things. Just when I was writing down a few notes to the teachers on the notebook, I heard and witnessed Jasper's fall, he was running from the outside garden straight to the table edge of the classroom inside. His mouth landed on the table edge, one of the teachers saw it too. It took him exactly one second to react, screaming out through the whole kindy... the next moment I looked at him, he had blood and tears all over his face and wanted a hug from me, his face was smeared with those yucky stains. There were streams and streams of fresh blood gushing out from his face somewhere all over my shirt I couldn't figure out where at the time, lucky I wore BLACK today and it didnt show. The next second I was figuring out where exactly he hurt his face, it was his upper lip with 3-4 very deep red tooth marks/cuts where the blood came out. I think he was running way too fast to control himself and ran into the table, landed his mouth on the table edge. Something like this had never happened in the kindy cos they have never had any kids in this class running this fast. It took over one hour to calm him and whenever I wanted to go, he clinged on. I had a 10am appointment in Chatswood so I HAD to leave before that time. The bleeding finally stopped and the moment I left the kindy I saw jello-looking blood clot inside the badly swollen upper lip, there are some bruises on his chin too. His teeth and gum are intact (VERY LUCKY) though I haven't got a chance to take a closer look as he had been rejecting anyone to get near his mouth. I asked for an opinion from my orthodontist and he advised that I did nothing and the wound will resolve itself, doctors dont normally prescribe anything for the injury in the mouth area. He looked very dis-figured today. I struggled very hard deciding whether to bring him home for the day or let him stay. I decided that taking his mind off the accident by letting him stay on would be better for him. It is quite boring and difficult for me to cheer him up at him. Then it was extremely difficult and tricky for me to leave the kindy because he cried and wanted to cling on, so I got the teacher to get a few stickers to distract him while I shouted my "good bye jasper" to him. The moment the gate was closed I heard his wingeing and shouting "ah", "ahhhh" from a distance. I stayed for a short moment out of his sight until his crying stopped and I then left the place. I later on dropped by around lunch time to check his progress and the teachers said he got on well with all the activities and even joined in the story time, I then left quietly without him knowing it and decided to pick him up later in the afternoon. When I arrived around 5pm I saw him playing happily with his train set with other kids.... other than that ugly looking upper lip, the whole horrible accident seems oblivious to him. The teachers told me he didn't eat much during the day, but did drink milk out of a straw cup. During the bath tonight, i saw him pat/touch his swollen black upper lip gently so I said to him "no running indoors", he repeated the phrase a few times innocently (very cute) - whether he CAN control what to do in future is a different matter from KNOWING what not to do. He knows many things but fails to do them. Its 5:00 am now, and he is still asleep, I may as well take the opportunity to peel open his lip and have a look at his teeth before I go to sleep again.