is upon us......
this little dude is having his tooth pulled and this mama is sad!
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About a year and a half ago, my oldest Bubbie was getting out of the bath tub and he slipped. His sweet little mouth landed on the edge of the tub, all his weight came down on his two front teeth. To say that I was hysterical is putting it mildly! I had no idea what to do! Blood was everywhere! I had visions of my brother's "near death" (me being dramatic! he fell and bonked his teeth) experience of his own, flashed before my eyes! After a few minutes, he and I calmed down and I was able to look in his mouth. One of his two front teeth was chipped and the other was a tad loose. We called my dentist- no answer. We called the doctor's office- they suggested the ER if stitches were needed, but otherwise, they said to just wait and call a pediatric dentist the next day... so we did. We headed to the dentist the next day. They took x-rays and everything seemed fine. The dentist said that if any decaying started, it would take about 6 mos. Well, during this whole time, every dentist appt that Bubbie has had, they take x-rays and ask very thorough questions about the tooth and any issues. This past visit, they detected that there might be some decaying and a possible infection. The tooth has definitely changed in color. Not very visible yet, but if we let it go too long, the infection could be difficult to contain, SOOOOOOOO the tooth will be pulled tomorrow morning. Hubbie will take him and Bubbie will be put on "happy juice". I am a little nervous, which is why I will not be going!
Just say a little prayer for my little man and this mama! I was really hoping to avoid this!
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Awe, it's difficult to have your heart walk around on the outside of you. I guess this goes for teeth too! Praying for the both of you!
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Awe, it's so difficult to have your heart walk around on the outside of you. I guess the same thing goes for teeth. Praying for you and Bubbie both!
Aww, poor little guy. I'll be praying for him.
Praying here, too. Gavin has had extensive dental work in the past two years and it is hard to watch, but when it is over, kids recover well. (We always promise a milkshake for tender little mouths.)
I will be thinking of you! We have had several tooth issuses with Rascal and I figure I will be posting something like this very soon. When he was 15 months old he fell on a metal sprinkler and knocked his tooth loose, about a week later I was taking off his onesie and ripped it the rest of the way out. The doc told me to put it back into socket so we did and it stayed with out changing color. About a year and a half ago his bottom tooth all of a sudden got really loose and we found out that it had cracked under the gumline with that same fall. They had to pull it but since he was so small and it was so loose and broken they didn't numb him, I just held him down with a nurse and they pulled it out. Talk about rip a momma's heart out!
Anyways sorry so long but I will surely be thinking of you since I have been there and I know what your going through!
Aw, I'll be praying!!!!
I get it-you not going. When we had to take Brennan to the ER & he got an IV, I left the room. My husband had to do it, because I freaked out.
Good Luck to him and I'm sure it will all be OK!
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