Brave Boy

Alex has endured the turning of the expander. Now he has endured the pulling of five teeth!  I couldn't believe how brave he was. Usually he is one to hold my hand tight, but they gave him enough sedation that he was barely holding my hand.  First, he got some oral meds, then we watied about an hour for that to kick in. Next gel was put all over his gums and then the shots!  The dentist was great. She didn't mention the word shot and he never knew he'd gotten major shots in his mouth.

Before

After

His teeth look like shark teeth. They were his canine's. Usually these teeth come out when I kid is 10'ish, but his were holding back the new teeth on either side of his front biggies.  I watched the Dr. take them out. Wowza! She said she was surprised I stood there watching. I'm just thankful that Alex was not in any pain.  As the numbness wore off, the boy was not happy!!

We stopped for ice cream and popscicles on the way home, and the day went off without a hitch.

The tooth fairy hit quite a few hitches though.  To put it simply, the tooth fairy should have taken the teeth. She made the unwise decision to leave the 'cool' looking teeth for Alex to keep. She said they were too heavy.  Alex didn't buy it at all. It was not pretty.