Teagan's first major boo boo

Teagan gets scrapes and bruises like most kids. She falls walking and can trip over a hair, but yesterday she got a major boo boo. The kind a bandaid won't fix and a cuddle won't cure! She was at school and fell from the spiral ladder going to the playground equipment. We're talking about 3foot if not more tall. She fell from the top (based on the teachers explaination) and landed on the mulch flat on her back. Apparently she didn't hit her head and didn't hit anything on the way down, but she bit her lip somehow. And, I mean she bit THROUGH her lip.

I know this picture is disgusting, but it's worse in real life. The inside of her mouth looked very deep to me. I called my mom first thing and she met me to look and see if Teagan needed stitches. Teagan has never had stitches, but knew enough to not want them. She keep yelling "I don't want stitches!!!" Mom is the one who noticed it went through her lip. Her lip was SO swollen that I didn't even look really. Her chin is also busted up, but not stitch worthy (I knew that one) but I wasn't sure with a mouth wound if they would even stitch. Mom said either way there would be a little scar and that the outside would probably take 3-5 stitches and the inside a dozen or 2, but also said the inside would heal fast without stitches too. I was torn on what to do.
In the end, we decided that Teagan would be more tramuatized by getting the stitches and in more pain with that than letting them heal up on their own. I am taking her to the dr to get checked out later today. She complained about her back being sore last night when I put her to bed so I want to make sure everything is ok. Talk about guilt! I felt horrible for not being there when she got hurt, but I do know accidents happen.