Doctor updates – Page 12

Mouth Trauma Drama again – yes, again

September 22, 2016

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Spencer fell out of bed on our Disney trip and really messed up his poor mouth. I’m obviously a magnet for mouth injuries – I had plenty as a kid, Spencer “busted his whole mouf open” about 2 years ago, and then Samantha tried to knock her teeth out just about a month ago. These mouth injuries better stop happening because I know my luck is running out!

As a reminder, Spencer fell out of bed and hit the bedside table with his mouth. His lips were busted, his front tooth was shifted back and bleeding…not good. I texted the dentist the next morning from Disney and got an antibiotic called in to start him on right away. Spencer forged ahead like a trooper but his mouth was sore and swollen. You can see here how swollen the entire right side of his face/mouth was…

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and here you can kind of see in there how busted up his gums and teeth were.

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Poor buddy. When we got back to Birmingham, I took him up to the dentist. Again, he was such a trooper. He wasn’t so sure about the x-rays…

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but did what he was told!

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The dentist said the X-rays all looked good. He said we got really lucky in how he hit – the front tooth did get pushed back out of alignment, but not so far back that it interferes with his bite. That means we can just leave it alone! Thanks goodness. So, now we just had to wait and see how his teeth would heal, whether or not they would turn gray, and if they would tighten back up.

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He also said the worst part was going to be the ulcerated sores all in his mouth…he wasn’t kidding about that! I’ve never seen Spencer so pitiful and miserable as he was for the next 3 days. Those mouth sores were KILLER. He could barely talk. He didn’t want to eat or drink. I knew it was bad when he couldn’t even eat the chocolate ice cream he asked for! 🙁

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It was no fun at all…for anyone! He kept wanting to look at his poor mouth…this picture makes me laugh because he was trying to get a photo of his mouth and you can see my face in the background just feeling all the hurt for him!

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But, he healed up and we went back to the dentist for a follow-up this week…

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The dentist said he looks great. The front tooth tightened back up and isn’t discolored (though there’s still a slight chance but I’m thinking we’re in the clear!). I can’t believe we’ve managed to escape the dreaded gray tooth again!! Hooray!!

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Here’s hoping for NO MORE MOUTH TRAUMA DRAMA in this house!!

Things

September 2, 2016

Catching up on things around here the past week or so…

A huge thank you to Susan for the awesome birthday gifts! Captain America, Hulk, and Cinderella! 🙂

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Another huge thank you to GJ for making the incredible Avenger masks! The Captain America and Wonder Woman masks were the party favors at Maxwell’s party. The Hulk will be used for Spencer’s part in October and the Wolverine and Iron Man were just for the boys. GJ’s the best!

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We loved having all of our favorite people in town last week to celebrate Maxwell!

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In other good news, Samantha’s teeth are still white!! Woohoo! After the unfortunate fall, I was really worried her front teeth were going to turn gray but, we’re past the 2 week mark and they are still white so we should be in the clear. We went back up to the dentist this week and he was able to get an x-ray and good look at them and said they looked great. Phew!

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In other not so good news, Samantha’s second day of school did not go so well. 🙁 She was having plenty of fun with brother before we left…

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and she looked awfully cute in her new red shoes…

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but she just didn’t have a good day. She was crying when I left and the teacher said she was just very clingy to her all day and could never really get happy. She didn’t even eat her lunch! They were worried that she was maybe getting sick but, nope. She was fine by the time we got home. When I picked her up at school, she didn’t even smile when she saw me but actually started crying – it was almost as if she was just overwhelmed with everything and was so relieved to see me that she just couldn’t hold the tears in. Break. my. heart. Oh, sweet baby. I guess the only way to get her to like school is to keep going – so, we’ll be back next week and will be hoping for a better day.

That’s it around here. Have a wonderful long weekend!

Mouth Trauma Drama again

August 17, 2016

As a kid I seemed to get hit in the mouth a lot. I had several incidents with teeth damage – starting with a fall on the concrete driveway when I was around 4 (?) that resulted in a gray baby tooth. That damaged baby tooth lead to an adult tooth that is discolored to this day. One of my biggest fears has been that my kids will get a gray “dead” baby tooth. It almost happened 2 years ago, with Spencer’s fall that totally tore up his mouth and hurt his teeth. It was terrible but thankfully, THANKFULLY he has no lasting damage. Well, literally 2 years TO THE DAY of that incident, Samantha fell too. What are the odds? August 14th is clearly not a good day in my book!

On Sunday night I got Samantha out of the bath and wrapped her up in her hooded towel. She took two steps, slid on the wet floor and, because her arms were wrapped up in the towel, caught herself on the tile floor with her front teeth. I knew immediately that it was bad. Her teeth were bleeding and she was screaming and it was my worst fear coming true. Ugh. She recovered pretty quickly and we got her to sleep. I took her to the dentist the next day. She had to get up early from her nap to go so BaaBaa and her paci got to go with us…

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A little unsure about this whole dentist thing!

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She didn’t want anything to do with getting an x-ray but actually happily let Dr. Thomas look at her teeth. He said she hit really, really hard. She hit so hard the tissue between her teeth tore. 🙁 Like with Spencer, he gave her a round of antibiotics and now we just wait and see. If they are going to turn gray it will happen in the next 2 weeks or so. Dr. Thomas gave it a 50/50 chance. I am heartbroken. Please, please don’t let my sweet baby’s teeth turn gray!! Prayers for healthy, white teeth are very appreciated right now!

18 month checkup!

July 28, 2016

Earlier this week I took Samantha in for her 18 month checkup and Dr. Walley agreed she’s basically perfect! 🙂 She was a little unsure walking into the room…

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and really unsure after I had to hand her over to Nurse Shelly to get weighed!

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Samantha is a big girl! She’s 32 & 3/4 inches tall (90th %) and 28 lbs, 10 oz (95th %)!! Dr. Walley thought she just looked great. He said it’s good that her height and weight continue to increase at the same rate. He said if she still continues growing at this rate by the time she’s two, she’ll probably end up being quite tall!

The boys stats at this age…

Maxwell at 18 months – 33 inches tall (90th %) and 24 lbs, 13 oz. (50th %)

Spencer at 18 months – 34 inches (98th%!!) and 27 lbs, 6 oz (95th%)

She and Spencer are pretty on par with each other…Samantha is just about an inch shorter and a pound heavier! 🙂 My lovable, squeezable baby!

While waiting for Dr. Walley, she had fun finding her belly button…

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Reading her book…

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Playing with her baby…

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Eating her baby…

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and chewing some tongue depressors!

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She was really sweet to Dr. Walley and didn’t fuss at all. She was showing off all of her words and tricks too – she was naming things in the book like shoe, ball, flower, bottle, juice, and bath. Smart girl! She also waved bye bye to him and blew him a kiss! She did have to get two shots which she didn’t like but she recovered quickly.

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Always thankful for good doctor reports and healthy, happy babies!!

Exciting stuff

July 25, 2016

What’s just as exciting as another Monday? A trip to the dentist! ha!

I took the boys to the dentist last week and got good reports all around. Spencer was being Mr. Drama and cracking up the hygienist. He did not like the toothpaste and kept making these terrible faces before she even got any in his mouth. By the way, the toothpaste was grape flavored – his choice!

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