The fun tooth issue!

Wednesday, I was driving back from Bremerton and get this call from Big Al's school... apparently he "flipped" off the bars and landed on his teeth. Lovely! Is this a surprise?? No! You should see this kid on playgrounds.... he scares even the most fearless parent! Monkeys look to HIM for new moves and techniques!

Anyhoo.... the nurse tells me I need to take him to the dentist NOW! Ok, so I ask the nurse if he is in pain... "no"... is there mass amounts of blood? "no"..... how big is the chip in the front teeth... "well... not that bad". Ok, so as I tell the nurse... I am over 3 hours away, then by the time I get to the school, school will be over and then I would have to drive an hour and a half to get him to the dentist... and by that time, the dentist would be closed..... get the picture?

Yep - he's got a chipped tooth... it needed to be fixed... but it had to wait a day! Yesterday, I made the drive to our children's dentist... it took them about an hour and a half to cap the tooth and get it looking nice. THEN the fun begins!

For anyone who knows Big Al, he has severe oral sensory issues.... the shots of novacaine they gave him to numb the tooth - causes "me" a few hours of severe UGH! I had always hoped by the time that he reached this age that he could handle his "struggle" with this a little better! I should have brought my socks and duct tape to strap him into his seat so that he would not try to pull all the skin off his lips - or little toys to poke himself in the face... then all his screaming, whining and wigging... that IS the cherry on top! It really does make for a looooonnnng few hours!

But, we got through it - after the 33rd or so talk from the dentist on WHY you don't put certain things in your mouth... we can only hope that Big Al will manage to keep this cap in place until next spring!! haha!
Amy