Tooth Coming Out
The ped. dentist dropped by this afternoon to take a look at Paul's tooth. It didn't take him long to say that the tooth had to go. Paul is scheduled to get the tooth extracted tomorrow morning. He is pretty uncomfortable with the pain and swelling, but hopefully we'll see some improvement soon after the tooth comes out. It's a hard way to earn your first "tooth fairy payoff," and we'll try to make it a profitable one. The dentist mentioned that more than one tooth may need to come out depending on what he finds once he is in there. You might wonder why all this has happened now. With a suppressed immune system this previously damaged tooth gave germs a foothold, and the infection blossomed. Paul is hanging in there; he beat the snot out of at least one child care worker today in UNO and dared other contenders to show their face. You gotta respect that. Pray for a routine tooth extraction, less pain and a return to normal blood counts soon to get his immune system back in action. We serve a God that created bone marrow you know. (-:
posted by Saxon Report at 9:44 PM
3 Comments:
Amen! We foret sometimes that the real Healer to whom we are praying is the one that created every tiny cell in our bodies that ward off infection and disease! That's seeing the trees in the forest. We're out here praying ....
: - )
My father-in-law always told our kids that their new tooth would come in gold if they could resist the urge to stick their tongue in the hole left by a missing one. You might pass that along to Paul for what it's worth. ;) From our children's smiles, though, it's obvious that they were never quite successful.
Meanwhile, we'll be praying!
My son Austin knocked out his front tooth at school when he was 3 years old. We're on year 2 without one! :) Be sure to hang on to the tooth if possible. They make AWESOME show and tell items during dental hygene week at preschool, especially since not many kids have lost teeth at that point. We're praying up a storm!
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