Dentist

Owen went to a new dentist at the end of January. (he was in our network and I'm trying to utilize our dental benefits). At that time he did GREAT with cleaning and letting Dr.M look at his teeth. It was discovered he had a small cavity on a back molar. So we scheduled a return visit 2 weeks later, prepared him for it all.....got to the appointment, did well UNTIL....he pulled the needle out!!! Owen told Dr.M "I'll be back another day!" WHAT A HOOT!!! So we got a recommendation from a few friends and our pediatrician for a pediatric dentist in New Castle. We went for a consult a few weeks ago, Owen did great and was all geared up for that visit....that visit was TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He didn't sleep very well last night, he cried in the night. But didn't mention his fear. We all 4 got up, showered, dressed and out the door by 815am to make our 915am appointment. It was a rough night for mom and dad (ill post more later).......
We arrived 5 minutes early (mark THAT one on the calendar!). Owen checked himself in, I paid the 20% bill, Owen used the potty and we didn't even really get to sit down. Away Owen and I went to the back, he seemed a bit nervous, but chattered away and the procedure was started. He got scared almost when the Dr was done, he started to cry and whine loudly, so I was motioned to come stand and hold his hand. We talked about the beach, the cows, and that he was very very safe. Thank goodness we had 1 tooth, because when I looked at his face and saw the tears streaming down I thought i was going to faint! (one of my new specialty's since my surgery :-(   ) We left and headed home. He was instructed for 2 hrs he could have stuff that was soft (milkshake, yogurt, pudding, Jello-O,soup,etc). So in Mercer we got 2 (of course 2, jelly belly sis had to have one) strawberry milkshakes, which each drank half and let daddy finish. We arrived home and nhe only mentioned his mouth feeling "funny" once. He's back to himself and has been trying out the elliptical, which he was warned isn't a toy.

So.....daddy and Lydia are sick. Daddy's been sick off and on , I think it's because of this crazy weather. Lydia has had a fever since Tuesday. She was 100.2 at bedtime last night and at 230am was 101.5. She chugged her juice so fast she threw up. :-( mommy doesn't particularly like doing throw up, id rather something else. gross! So we bathed her, cleaned up the mess and headed back to bed. Daddy was a great trooper and helped us til we went back to sleep for 3 more hours. She seems fine today. A bit warm, but nothing like this morning and hasn't had any fever reducer since 230am. Hoping she feels alot better.

Tomorrow she's so excited to do to daycare. Grandma will be milking and getting her hair done, Owen has preschool, daddy doesn't do well staying awake in the mornings to watch her all while mommy travels to work and works a day. So....none other choice. Hoping we can get 24 hrs w/o meds.

Here Owen is in the car. he was allowed to keep his nitrous mask.