Hadlie had been complaining about her capped tooth hurting her for over a week. Every time she would complain to me about it, I would say,"you're fine Hadlie...be tough." She would show me where it hurt and I didn't see anything wrong... until this morning. She showed be her gum and it was very swollen and very red. It looked awful. I immediately called the dentist and took her in. Of course, it was an abscessed tooth. Her permanent tooth was trying to come down and her baby capped tooth was sticking in place causing her permanent tooth to shoot out the side of her gums. (Why would that be painful?)
The dentist said he'd have to remove it. In fact, it was so swollen he had to keep shooting Novocain up into her gums to get in numb. She was a mess. So out it came 30 Min's later. AND I FELT LIKE THE WORST MOTHER EVER for not listening to her complaints.
GOOD JOB JEN!
4 comments:
Don't feel so bad. I worked for a pediatric dentist for years and I had something similar happen to one of my kids. You think I would have been more observant since I spent so many years looking at kid teeth!.....You're a great mom!
That sounds like a fun way to spend Mother's Day.
I'm glad Hadlie is feeling better but don't be too hard on yourself. I think all of us have dismissed something our kids have said and had it come back to bite us. It is a bit humbling. You're a great mom!
Jen, I found your blog too. It's so good to see you. You look gorgeous (as always) and your kids are adorable. I hope all is well. I do these kinds of things all fo the time and I feel so bad. I really need to be more sympathetic sometimes. What a cutie!
Tell Hadlie welcome to the Owen family, don't we all have crapppppyyyyyy teeth, thank Mom for that one. Are you going to post pics of the kids at the beach???
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