My poor babies have horrible baby teeth. When Clark was three, our dentist told me that he was lacking a layer of enamel on his teeth. Joel also has that trait. Despite flossing every night and other almost religious dental care, Joel needed to have all of his molars capped. The dentist recommended this to prevent future decay, and she recommended doing it at TC Thompson children's hospital.
After flipping out a little bit, and much prayer, we decided that for Joel's sake, that was the best option for him. So on October 8, little Joel "went under".
I have to say it was a smooth and wonderful experience for child and parents alike!
We started out in a private room with a curtain. The nurse came in to give him his goofy juice. It was so funny to watch him make the letter X with his body and smile big ole smiles. He tried to exercise, but he kept falling over to the side. He was happy.
Then they took him back and gave him some laughing gas. After that they put in the iv, and he was out for the surgery. Everything went good with the procedure. He did bump his breathing tube, so his nose bled for a while after, but he only thought it was a runny nose.
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| A silly goofy smile after the goofy juice |
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| He was proud of his sticker and cool shiny medical bracelet |
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| Joel wanted to remove his IV himself. He found the blood and needle very interesting. He wanted to see the hole and hold his own compress to stop the bleeding. He's one tough guy! |
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| Here are his Superman teeth--germs can't get these babies! |
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The next day his throat and nose were sore from the breathing tube, and his teeth hurt if he ate hard foods. So he mostly ate yogurt. He played great and was in a good mood. He doesn't remember anything scary or painful. Hooray!!
I didn't want to leave out Michael. Here's a picture of his cast from his surgery on Thursday.
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| Here's Karissa's MAJOR blow out while Michael was in surgery. I thought it was impressive. She and I both needed a bath after. :-) |
