Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The highly anticipated cheerleading video

Well, you still won't get it. I brought the DVD with me to work today, but for some reason I can't get it to read in my computer (probably user error). So, that means you will just have to wait, but take my word for it, it's pretty darn cute. We do have other Abby news that probably should take precedents over a cheerleading video anyway.
You have all heard about our past Abby dental drama. Well, hopefully the drama is over for a while. We took Abby for a third opinion (Marty's aunt was our second opinion) and thankfully the third opinion was the same as Marty's aunt which was not the same as the first dentist that we went to. Did you catch all of that? Our suspicions were correct with the first dentist, he did not have Abby best interest in mind; he had his wallets best interest in mind (at the tune of $450.00 worth of extra procedures that weren't needed). Abby did not need 4 crowns, she did need two though. That was until yesterday. We had Abby's appointment scheduled for Wednesday September 26 to get all of her dental work done, but she had other plans.
Monday morning around 4:30 Abby came into our room and said that her tooth was hurting and that she had a bump in her mouth. I felt around (probably not as good as I should have) and didn't feel anything so I picked her up and put her in our bed hoping to get some more sleep in before my alarm went off. I was in the living room about to eat my breakfast and in walks Abby; I knew exactly why her tooth hurt. She was swollen on her left side from her cheek up to her eye. Poor baby! I had a feeling that her tooth had abscessed and I knew what was coming next. We call the emergency number for the dentist and they tell us to get her there at 9:00. They take a look at her and said that the tooth was going to have to come out, and the tears start flowing (not Abby's; mine) They give her a baby cocktail of Demerol at 9:15 and we sat waiting for it to kick in. By 9:45 Abby was sound asleep on my shoulder. They take us back (yes I was allowed to go in with her) at 10:15 to do the work and she pretty slept through the whole thing with the help of laughing gas. She did whimper when they wiggled (the non scary way to say pulled) her tooth but that was it. Thankfully, they were able to get all the work done in one setting. We get home at about 11:30 and she slept until 3:30. When she woke up, she was starving since she hadn't had anything to eat or drink all day so she got jello and pudding. I was planning chicken noodle soup for dinner but she didn't want chicken noodle soup. She wanted pizza. So pizza she got (with dr's approval of course) and a milkshake for good measure. She has no bad memories of experience and she got up and went to school this morning and is doing great. I'm sure she has told everyone who will listen that the tooth fairy came to see her last night, that was the highlight of the whole experience. In case she ever asks you, the tooth fairy takes the teeth up to heaven for all the new babies. Hey, stop laughing, it was all I could come up with at the time, we shouldn't have to be dealing with the tooth fairy for a few more years anyway. Glad that day is over with.

1 comment:

keri said...

what a CRAZY day! i'm glad she is all better now! sounds like she was a trooper through it all....that tooth must have been so painful! give her a hug for us! :)