I will be at the dentist with a drugged up little boy having a tooth removed.\u00a0 Yep, removed!\u00a0 Poor boy.\u00a0 Remember awhile back when I was doing daycare and Lex and a little girl were wrestling and he cracked his chin on her head, resulting in an emergency trip to the dentist (his first trip to the dentist!).\u00a0 At the time they thought the roots were damaged, but it seemed to get better over time.\u00a0 Well, I guess not.<\/p>\n
Lex woke up Saturday morning saying his tooth was sore and he’s been on a self-prescribed “soft foods” diet all weekend. This morning I dropped him off at school and came home to call the dentist.\u00a0 I was hoping for a nice afternoon, post-nap appointment, but no luck.\u00a0 Apparently during the school year their afterschool hours are booked months in advance.\u00a0 My options were 10:30 this morning or sometime next week.\u00a0 This morning we were also expecting a Sears service guy and we had Eve’s first day of gymnastics.\u00a0 Busy!\u00a0 Alan skipped out of work to pick up Lex, we swapped kids in the parking lot of the dentists office and I took Lex for his appointment while Alan and Eve went home to meet the Sears guy.\u00a0 Lex did an AWESOME job at his appointment.\u00a0 He opened his mouth for the dentist, sat still, and even let them take an x-ray!\u00a0 I was very impressed.\u00a0 Then the dentist showed me the x-ray, which showed a clear Y-shaped crack in his tooth.\u00a0 Bummer!\u00a0 The dentist gave him some antibiotics to reduce the swelling and infection and schedule us for extraction next Tueday.\u00a0 So far Lex is pretty cool with things, but I can’t imagine he really understands what’s going to happen.\u00a0 I think he’ll be a little surprised to find himself missing a tooth next week.<\/p>\n
The dentist also gave me a preview of the grown-up teeth queuing up and he said most likely we’ll be facing further extractions to make way for them.\u00a0 Apparently Lex has large teeth and small jaw.\u00a0 Hmm… sounds familiar.\u00a0 I think everyone in both side of this family has\/had dental issues, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised if Lex and Eve find themselves with less than perfect teeth.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 I’m not ready to think about dental work yet.\u00a0 What happened to my babies??\u00a0 Where did they go?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I will be at the dentist with a drugged up little boy having a tooth removed.\u00a0 Yep, removed!\u00a0 Poor boy.\u00a0 Remember awhile back when I was doing daycare and Lex and a little girl were wrestling and he cracked his … Continue reading