Friday the 20th was her scheduled surgery in Nampa to repair her teeth. Kurt and I decided to have the procedure done at the hospital so she was completely out and the job could be done right with medical professionals there to help her.
After the preschool open house on Thursday we took the older three kids to Marti's for a sleep over. Then we went to Jeff and Julie's so Rooster could get a blessing.
We were at the hospital Friday morning by 7am. Shortly after we checked in they gave her some medicine to drink to calm, and relax her so they could take her into the OR where she would inhale the drugs to knock her out. Let's just say the meds she drank made her slightly hyper. Within 10 seconds she was jumping on the bed {I was holding her hands} and singing.
R: "Where are the guys?"
Me: "What guys? The Doctor and nurse?"
R: "Ya, the guys."
Me: "They are outside in their office."
After which she peeks through the blinds and waves to the nurses, "Hi, guys!"
She was so silly! But her goofiness help make the situation easier. She didn't want to go with the Dr. but the meds made it easy for them to distract her and she went without screaming.
I felt like I was on the verge of puking the whole time she was gone. Luckily she was only in surgery for an hour. Dr. Kizer came out and reported that he was pleased with out everything went. So he pulled 2 teeth, repaired 2 teeth and filled 2 cavities. The cavities on her back molars were really deep and large but he opted not to put crowns on them {I'm glad.}
They had her in a recovery room until she woke up and then brought her into us. I thought that part of the procedure was dumb {bad word, I know, sorry!} I'm sure for medical purposes they want to make sure everything is okay but it would be SO much easier for the child {and the parent} if they could wake up with their parents with them! My heart ached when they carried her in, her face was all swollen, IV still in and she was SO mad and agitated. She was able to go back to sleep after drinking some juice and finally getting the IV out. She would only fall asleep with the juice cup in her mouth {whatever! I just wanted her to be happy!}
We were home by 10:30 am. She slept until 12:30pm. Her recovery has been A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! 24 hours post surgery she was still hyper and silly and goofy {the laughs it provided were great!} But now...she is back to being two. And defiant.
I'm so pleased with how everything went and how it looks. Granted she will have the holes in her mouth until she is 8 or 9 {yeah, that's 6-7 years!!!} But Emma has been good preparation??? Her front 2 teeth look a MILLION times better and that it makes up for the holes. And in reality it is better than seeing teeth rotting out of your daughter's mouth!
Bless Dr. Kizer for assuring me that it wasn't all my fault. Clearly super weak enamel and bad genetics are also to blame. It's kinda taking the guilty edge off. Kinda.
Let the pictures speak for themselves!
BEFORE
AFTER
Pre-surgery & Post "calming/relaxing" meds
Falling Asleep with the cup in her mouth
{and yes I realize I look special.}
In other toothy news Saturday night Kurt pulled Austin's 3 tooth. The one on the top, forever changing his baby face appearance. The tooth fairy is going to be busy at our house!
3 comments:
oh bless you. you brave mommy; having a child in surgery is so hard. here's to a quick recovery. loves.
Wow, what a story. Thankfully she won't remember it.
They look great! I'm glad you got some good laughs and everything went well. The next 6 to 7 years will go by fast... and I'm sure that's EXACTLY what you want to hear! ;)
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