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March 15, 2023

Samantha is one step closer to getting braces after getting a tooth pulled on Monday! Her appointment was at 9:30 so she just got to stay home that morning and enjoy a Starbucks treat before her appointment!

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She was VERY nervous about it all, mostly about the shot she was going to have to get in her gum. She got the laughing gas and pretty soon didn’t seem so nervous at all.

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Dr. Thomas is so sneaky, Samantha didn’t even know when she got the shot! She was so relieved when I told her the shot was already over!

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She handled it all like a champ. The worst part was when she finally set up and didn’t know what to think about her numb lip! She’s never had a numb lip  before and kept saying it felt like there was a grape in her lip! ha!!

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She was back to school in time for lunch and happy to flash her new grin the next day! That $10 special from the tooth fairy made her smile too!

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Love my brave girl. Now it’s almost time for braces!

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Denist

March 3, 2023

Guess what we’ve got?

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dentist

dentist

Clean teeth and no cavities! Gonna be a great weekend!

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Special feet

February 10, 2023

Samantha has been complaining about pain in her heel for a few weeks – really since basketball season started. When I noticed she was walking on her toes all the time I decided it was finally time to do something about it! I took her up to see the same pediatric orthopedist that I had taken Spencer to when he was having foot pain.

foot

He diagnosed it as Sever’s disease which is inflammation at growth plate in the heel in growing children. Basically she hit a growth spurt, is super active, and made the area around that growth plate mad. She will grow out of it eventually but will just have to manage the pain with rest, ice, stretching and heel gel inserts. I hate for her to be in pain but glad it’s not something more serious. If it doesn’t get better over the next few weeks we might have to consider a boot!

She did get her first x-ray which she thought was pretty cool!

xray

Because of that x-ray we learned she’s special like Spencer! They both have an extra bone in their foot! Spencer has an accessory navicular bone while Samantha has an os trigonum which is an extra bone behind the ankle bone. I always knew they were special!! Wonder if Maxwell has one too? He’s pretty special as well.

We made it back to school just in time to have lunch with her friends.

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Hoping we can get that inflammation down quickly. This girl is too active to to have to slow down!

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Doctor Report

January 23, 2023

I finally got the boys up for their annual checkup in January. They got a good report all around!

Maxwell is 4’11 – almost 5 feet! He weighs 81 lbs. That’s up 2 inches and 9 lbs from last year! He’s 25th % for height, and 40th % for weight. He’s steadily growing – though I do feel like he’s on the verge of a major growth spurt!

Spencer is 4’8 and a 1/4 and 74 lbs. That’s a growth of 2 and a 1/4 inches from last year and a gain of 11 lbs. He’s 70th % for heights and 50th % for weight. Strong and growing!

I didn’t get any pictures but here’s some from a few days later – these give a good picture of what it’s like with these brothers!!

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brothers

brothers

brothers

Love these goofballs so much.

brothers

Thankful for healthy, growing boys and always thankful for good doctor reports!

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Expander

September 30, 2022

Back to the orthodontist…

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and this girl now has her expander in!

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Let’s hope I can get the key turned correctly for the next month!

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