hospital after falling flat on his face when attempting to climb a water slide that had the water turned off on the second day of a family holiday.Louis Richards, 13, from Bridgend, was on on a week-long trip in Antalya, Turkey, with his mum, nan, and his cousin, when he suffered serious injuries to his face, requiring surgery.His teeth had been pushed all they way up into his nasal cavity so they had to be re-positioned and splinted, all while he was awake, Wales Online reported.
His mum, Kelly Griffiths, said: "The kids my son had been at the pool with had come up to the room and said 'Louis' knocked his front teeth out'."Louis and some other kids had been climbing up the water slide after the water had been turned off.
His friend had made it up and had reached out his hand to pull Louis but he couldn't grab it and fell flat on his face."His cousin Mason had carried him to the showers and there was blood everywhere.
When I got down there they were already rushing him through in to the doctors room at the hotel and 40 mins later we were on our way to hospital."Kelly added that they were sent to the emergency dentist where Louis was seen by an oral surgeon."His teeth had been pushed all they way up into his nasal cavity, so it looked like he had a broken nose," she said."Having been a dental nurse, I knew exactly how bad this could be, and it only made me worry more.
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