New Teeth

My nephew has what we call two holes in his teeth. A couple of weeks ago, I took him for his first ever dental visit. I just love, LOVE our pediatric dentist! She is wonderful with kids. It was determined that he needed quite a bit of dental work, so we scheduled him at the surgery center where he would happily dream away while they fixed his teeth. Today was the day!

He was so good…how many four year olds do you know that don't whine and complain when they find out they not only can't have anything to drink, but they also have to skip breakfast and lunch!?! He was great. We made a fun morning and he had me take pictures of his *hole in his tooth* before we headed off to get his new teeth.

He talked and talked at the surgery center, entertaining all who would listen! Finally, they gave him some medicine to relax him, as if he wasn't relaxed enough anyway. A few moments later the drugs hit. Our youth pastor was there with us, and I'll have to say it was quite comical.  I don't think I've ever really seen a drugged up four year old! He just started to slowly slink down into the recliner…then his words got slower and slower…and then he was slurring…and every once in a while, he'd jump up with eyes wide open and say something that neither of us could understand. We finally figured out that he was saying,

"Aunt Hope, stop doing that with your glasses."

As I was doing nothing with my glasses, the only thing we had to go on was that he must have been hallucinating! Regardless, it was quite comical!

Six fillings, two root canals, two crowns and two hours later, he came out with brand new teeth! He didn't remember a thing except to say that he liked sleeping there and getting silver teeth. What a trooper! Of course, the minute we got home, he demanded a picture of his new teeth so that he could see them..and then crawled into my bed with a hand held mirror…so he can keep an eye on his new teeth.

And while we're in the picture taking mood….I managed to grab a great shot of a beautiful rose in my backyard today!