| | i haven't blogged about selah's oral surgery yet because there are many large feelings wrapped up in how it went. first of all, the fact that she needed to have so much dental work done in the first place causes quite a bit of guilt. knowing my genetic background, bad teeth don't surprise me, but at the same time, i haven't been flossing and brushing with her like i should have. if we had been flossing and brushing, i would have figured we had done all we could have done-but we haven't. Noah on the other hand, has been well brushed and flossed, and still needs some fillings. So I'm not sure what all is going on there. Anyway, Selah did amazingly. She was scared, there were some tears the day before when we let her know what was happening the next day. But from then on, she handled it like a champ. She did wish she was an animal, not a person, so she wouldn't have to go to the dentist. She said it very matter of factly. When the dentist came to get her, I let him know her top tooth was loose. When he asked if he could just take it out, I said sure. Well, he came out two hours later and said he took out FIVE of her teeth, on top of her 4 little crowns. Four of them were just loose. I was speechless. One was abscessed, and needed to come out, but wow. I was pretty upset. They were baby teeth, and I knew they were a little bit loose, but I wasn't expecting to see my baby girl come out so toothless. And swollen. And bloody.
This is her a few hours after surgery. The Dilaudid did it's job. She never once complained of pain.
This is yesterday. She's herself again. Just looking different. Her gums are starting to look a lot more normal too.
My friend Marylynn and I had a random mayonnaise making party.
A moose almost stomped a dog yesterday. He charged it and ran away. It's been rainy. Sun, please come.
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| | Posted 5/4/2008 9:43 AM - 50 views - 6 comments
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