Friday, October 30, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Cole's surgery
As you may recall from this post, the dentist recommended that Cole have 8 crowns put on due to the cavities between his molars. And, because the dentist that made this recommendation uses a hospital not covered by our insurance, we were forced to find another pediatric dentist. (...which was honestly fine with me since I wanted a second opinion anyway!)
After showing Cole's x-rays to Mommy and Daddy's dentist who agreed with the diagnosis, we also found a new ("dinosaur") dentist that Cole loved! The office is decorated in dinosaur stuff and the staff is all very caring and friendly. Cole didn't mind going at all! Anyway, Dr. Thomas agreed that Cole needed the 8 crowns and surgery was scheduled for January. However, when just a few short weeks later Cole was in terrible pain, the surgery was bumped up to October.
The surgery took place at Children's Mercy South and took several hours from start to finish. Funny thing was...the staff over in Same Day Surgery vividly remembered Cole from when he had his hernia surgery before! And, they were prepared to do battle with him, as they never showed up alone. Reinforcements were brought into the pre-op room every time they needed to check him for something! To their amazement, Cole acted nothing like the last time we had gone through this. I would almost say he was pleasant about the whole situation! And, the nurses were shocked!
Thankfully everything went just fine during surgery! He had a total of 4 root canals, 8 crowns, a thorough cleaning, and a fluoride treatment! He is good to go for about 6 months anyway!
Here he is....at home after surgery. Poor kid looked like he had been in a fight...and lost! He had a black eye from the tape they pulled off. (Apparently they taped his eyes shut during surgery.) He had a sore hand from the IV. And, some sore gums. And, even with all that, he was a trooper! No complaints from him at all!
New white crowns:
See my hand and my black eye?
Smiling through it all....even if his mouth feels funny!
After showing Cole's x-rays to Mommy and Daddy's dentist who agreed with the diagnosis, we also found a new ("dinosaur") dentist that Cole loved! The office is decorated in dinosaur stuff and the staff is all very caring and friendly. Cole didn't mind going at all! Anyway, Dr. Thomas agreed that Cole needed the 8 crowns and surgery was scheduled for January. However, when just a few short weeks later Cole was in terrible pain, the surgery was bumped up to October.
The surgery took place at Children's Mercy South and took several hours from start to finish. Funny thing was...the staff over in Same Day Surgery vividly remembered Cole from when he had his hernia surgery before! And, they were prepared to do battle with him, as they never showed up alone. Reinforcements were brought into the pre-op room every time they needed to check him for something! To their amazement, Cole acted nothing like the last time we had gone through this. I would almost say he was pleasant about the whole situation! And, the nurses were shocked!
Thankfully everything went just fine during surgery! He had a total of 4 root canals, 8 crowns, a thorough cleaning, and a fluoride treatment! He is good to go for about 6 months anyway!
Here he is....at home after surgery. Poor kid looked like he had been in a fight...and lost! He had a black eye from the tape they pulled off. (Apparently they taped his eyes shut during surgery.) He had a sore hand from the IV. And, some sore gums. And, even with all that, he was a trooper! No complaints from him at all!
New white crowns:
See my hand and my black eye?
Smiling through it all....even if his mouth feels funny!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Trip the ER!
I guess it had been entirely too long since we had taken one of the boys to the Emergency Room! So, tonight we had to make an appearance.
This time, it was Chase who fell down! He was playing with one of those super bouncy balls, and had been for hours. He would bounce it, and then run after it to try to catch it, with the ball bouncing everywhere. It was all fun and laugher, until we heard the awful SPLAT! and knew immediately that it was the sound of Chase's head hitting the hardwood floor. Mommy and Daddy jumped up and ran to him (he was only about 2 feet away). He was lying flat on his back, not making a sound. I scooped him up and he immediately started to cry. And, cry. And, cry. 40 minutes later he was still crying. And, we knew something was really wrong.
He finally quieted down and was still laying on me. With one hand, I was comforting him. And, with the other, I was frantically trying to search my Blackberry for signs of head injury. As I was reading the Mayo Clinic site about concussions in children, Chase began to fall asleep. I knew enough to know that when someone has a head injury, the last thing you want them to do is fall asleep. I tried to wake him and he then began throwing up!! At that moment, I jumped up and yelled to everyone to get in the car...we were going to the emergency room!!!
It was chaos at that point! Cole ran to his room to pack some clothes (boy, was I ever proud of that boy for taking matters into his own hands like that!) and then he ran to the car and jumped into his car seat to wait patiently for the rest of us! Mommy and Chase were covered in vomit so I was trying to get the two of us in clean clothes while Daddy was packing Cole's toothbrush, turning off lights, and doing who knows what!
We dropped Cole off at Nonnie's house and then sped down the road toward the hospital. Before we even got out of our little town, a cop pulled us over for speeding! Thankfully, he was a nice guy who let us go with just a warning when Daddy explained the situation! *whew* After arriving at the hospital, and sitting in the waiting room full of H1N1 patients (ewwwwww!), the doctor checked out Chase who, by that point, was fine. They made us stay awhile for observation and then sent us home with instructions to wake him several times during the night to make sure he was ok.
It was pretty sleepless night for Mommy and Chase. But, thankfully he was just fine. And, somehow, I just know that this won't be that kid's last concussion.
This time, it was Chase who fell down! He was playing with one of those super bouncy balls, and had been for hours. He would bounce it, and then run after it to try to catch it, with the ball bouncing everywhere. It was all fun and laugher, until we heard the awful SPLAT! and knew immediately that it was the sound of Chase's head hitting the hardwood floor. Mommy and Daddy jumped up and ran to him (he was only about 2 feet away). He was lying flat on his back, not making a sound. I scooped him up and he immediately started to cry. And, cry. And, cry. 40 minutes later he was still crying. And, we knew something was really wrong.
He finally quieted down and was still laying on me. With one hand, I was comforting him. And, with the other, I was frantically trying to search my Blackberry for signs of head injury. As I was reading the Mayo Clinic site about concussions in children, Chase began to fall asleep. I knew enough to know that when someone has a head injury, the last thing you want them to do is fall asleep. I tried to wake him and he then began throwing up!! At that moment, I jumped up and yelled to everyone to get in the car...we were going to the emergency room!!!
It was chaos at that point! Cole ran to his room to pack some clothes (boy, was I ever proud of that boy for taking matters into his own hands like that!) and then he ran to the car and jumped into his car seat to wait patiently for the rest of us! Mommy and Chase were covered in vomit so I was trying to get the two of us in clean clothes while Daddy was packing Cole's toothbrush, turning off lights, and doing who knows what!
We dropped Cole off at Nonnie's house and then sped down the road toward the hospital. Before we even got out of our little town, a cop pulled us over for speeding! Thankfully, he was a nice guy who let us go with just a warning when Daddy explained the situation! *whew* After arriving at the hospital, and sitting in the waiting room full of H1N1 patients (ewwwwww!), the doctor checked out Chase who, by that point, was fine. They made us stay awhile for observation and then sent us home with instructions to wake him several times during the night to make sure he was ok.
It was pretty sleepless night for Mommy and Chase. But, thankfully he was just fine. And, somehow, I just know that this won't be that kid's last concussion.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Promotion: Orange Belt
It sure didn't take long for Cole's love of karate to earn him a new belt! Tonight, he attended his very first promotion! And, he was promoted from a white belt to an orange belt!
Here he is "sitting like a black belt" waiting for his turn on the mat:
Out on the mat with his fellow Tiny Tigers:
Swinging those nunchucks!
This picture was taken just after Mom tied on the new belt!
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