My big brave girl. I am so proud of her. She did great.
Showing posts with label dentist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dentist. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Kaitlyn's big dentist appointment!
We are home and Kaitlyn is relaxing with a Scooby movie and Popsicles.
She did wonderfully. All of the nurses and doctors said she was just an angel.
As far as her teeth go, her back ones were a little worse than we thought and her front ones were better than we thought. She ended up needing three baby root canals instead of the one. Only 5 of her 8 molars needed crowns, the other three received small fillings instead of all 8 getting crowns. So good and bad news there. Her front teeth we thought were either going to have such big cavities that they would end up with crowns as well or be ground down to be noticeably smaller teeth. She actually ended up with small fillings on the tongue side of all eight front teeth. Wonderful news there.
She is suppose to be slightly uncoordinated the rest of the day and drink lots of fluids. She hasn't had anything to eat yet today. I have a jello & pudding dinner planned for her. We will be relaxing and and eating Popsicles the rest of today and maybe tomorrow too. We will see.
She did wonderfully. All of the nurses and doctors said she was just an angel.
As far as her teeth go, her back ones were a little worse than we thought and her front ones were better than we thought. She ended up needing three baby root canals instead of the one. Only 5 of her 8 molars needed crowns, the other three received small fillings instead of all 8 getting crowns. So good and bad news there. Her front teeth we thought were either going to have such big cavities that they would end up with crowns as well or be ground down to be noticeably smaller teeth. She actually ended up with small fillings on the tongue side of all eight front teeth. Wonderful news there.
She is suppose to be slightly uncoordinated the rest of the day and drink lots of fluids. She hasn't had anything to eat yet today. I have a jello & pudding dinner planned for her. We will be relaxing and and eating Popsicles the rest of today and maybe tomorrow too. We will see.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
tommorrow is the big day
OK folks, tomorrow is the big day. Kaitlyn has her big dentist appointment tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 6:30 am we will be arriving at the hospital. We will get all checked in, Kaitlyn will change into her special pajamas, they will take her temp & blood pressure, the anesthesiologist will talk to us, the dentist will talk to us, then Kaitlyn will go into the OR. Once inside Kaitlyn will pick out the flavor of her gas that she will breath through a mask until she is asleep. Once asleep she will get an IV and they will do the dental work. An hour to an hour and 1/2 later she will be done and taken to the OR recovery room. As soon as she starts to wake up the nurse will come and get me and i will gladly be reunited with my baby. Once fully awake she will be moved to a general room. She will stay there for 20 mins to an hour and then we will get to go home.
I have fully stocked our house with pudding, jello, ice cream, popsicles, mashed potatoes, stuffing, bananas, yogurt, applesauce, pop tarts, every noodle soup on the shelf and juice. Hopefully i didn't forget anything soft that my baby may want.
I will tweet our progress while at the hospital.
Wish us luck and keep us in your thoughts.
Tomorrow at 6:30 am we will be arriving at the hospital. We will get all checked in, Kaitlyn will change into her special pajamas, they will take her temp & blood pressure, the anesthesiologist will talk to us, the dentist will talk to us, then Kaitlyn will go into the OR. Once inside Kaitlyn will pick out the flavor of her gas that she will breath through a mask until she is asleep. Once asleep she will get an IV and they will do the dental work. An hour to an hour and 1/2 later she will be done and taken to the OR recovery room. As soon as she starts to wake up the nurse will come and get me and i will gladly be reunited with my baby. Once fully awake she will be moved to a general room. She will stay there for 20 mins to an hour and then we will get to go home.
I have fully stocked our house with pudding, jello, ice cream, popsicles, mashed potatoes, stuffing, bananas, yogurt, applesauce, pop tarts, every noodle soup on the shelf and juice. Hopefully i didn't forget anything soft that my baby may want.
I will tweet our progress while at the hospital.
Wish us luck and keep us in your thoughts.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
being responsible
So, I may have mentioned that I am terribly eager to redo my kitchen. In case I haven't mentioned it, I have ants in my pants and a tax return burning a whole in my pocket to redo my kitchen.
One little hitch. I am a fiscally responsible person. Heck that's why I feel confident in accomplishing a completely new kitchen with a $2290 tax return. You see I am also a good mom. My darling little girl needs over $2000 in dental work. I am still waiting to hear how much the hospital is going to cost for the dental work to be done in. We are going to have Kaitlyn completely knocked out in a hospital and the dentist is going to do all the work in one shot. It is this best solution to save her teeth. The dentist was worried that if we tried to do it in several appointments, that Kaitlyn would only last for one maybe two appointments. If she were to get too upset after that we would have to completely knock her out to finish. Not to mention that she would then have a fear of the dentist and hate to go the rest of her life.
My dreams of a kitchen with cabinets instead of metal racks, actual counter space to cook on, counter tops that are not fake wood, and a hood over the stove to vent grease....... will just have to wait. I have waited seven years for a new kitchen, one more won't kill me.
One little hitch. I am a fiscally responsible person. Heck that's why I feel confident in accomplishing a completely new kitchen with a $2290 tax return. You see I am also a good mom. My darling little girl needs over $2000 in dental work. I am still waiting to hear how much the hospital is going to cost for the dental work to be done in. We are going to have Kaitlyn completely knocked out in a hospital and the dentist is going to do all the work in one shot. It is this best solution to save her teeth. The dentist was worried that if we tried to do it in several appointments, that Kaitlyn would only last for one maybe two appointments. If she were to get too upset after that we would have to completely knock her out to finish. Not to mention that she would then have a fear of the dentist and hate to go the rest of her life.
My dreams of a kitchen with cabinets instead of metal racks, actual counter space to cook on, counter tops that are not fake wood, and a hood over the stove to vent grease....... will just have to wait. I have waited seven years for a new kitchen, one more won't kill me.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Samantha's beautiful teeth
Samantha's teeth are wonderful! Yippee!
Of course so were Kaitlyn's when she was three. But now i know what can happen. I have a plan. If there is one thing and only one that i can do it's plan. Plan, organize, motive the troops to complete their assigned to do list, Make excessively detailed to-do lists. These are my specialty.
I can't help but feel empowered if i have a plan.
Relaxing slightly. Knowing that there are many calls to make tomorrow to get a dental discount card and Kaitlyn an appointment. Papers to fill out and mail to apply for dental insurance for both girls. Busy day. But i have a plan.
Of course so were Kaitlyn's when she was three. But now i know what can happen. I have a plan. If there is one thing and only one that i can do it's plan. Plan, organize, motive the troops to complete their assigned to do list, Make excessively detailed to-do lists. These are my specialty.
I can't help but feel empowered if i have a plan.
Relaxing slightly. Knowing that there are many calls to make tomorrow to get a dental discount card and Kaitlyn an appointment. Papers to fill out and mail to apply for dental insurance for both girls. Busy day. But i have a plan.
denist again
Well i am taking Samantha my almost three year old girl to the dentist today. I decided after the news of Kaitlyn's teeth that waiting until after her third birthday for a check up, just might not be soon enough. So i scheduled and they had an opening for today.
She is not quite as excited as Kaitlyn was. She has never been to the dentist before, but she understands how much Kaitlyn enjoys going so she is excited to go too.
On the Kaitlyn teeth front, i have called my old dentist and gotten his recommendation for a pediatric dentist. Also Eric spent much of the evening looking at ways to make this process more affordable. It looks like a dental discount card is going to be the way to go. We can get one as quickly as two days and their cost is made up for with their prices. Several plans he looked at would take 6 plus weeks to get and after you paid the ultra high premiums & deductible you hadn't saved anything, not to mention that pediatric dentistry wasn't generally covered.
on a different note. My best friend Robert stopped by yesterday evening. It was great to see him. He has had a ruff week hanging out at the court house trying to get his parenting plan ironed out. His week started out with hoping to file contempt of court papers. Found out that his baby momma wasn't breaking the rules by keeping his daughter. He has since been changing his very very vague parenting plan that says he gets 50/50. To one that has details defining when his 50/50 is. He showed up yesterday with a pile of papers and Eric and I sent him home several hours later with a stack of papers 4 times as big but all filled out. Daddy's with out their daddy's girl, are just sad sad creatures.
She is not quite as excited as Kaitlyn was. She has never been to the dentist before, but she understands how much Kaitlyn enjoys going so she is excited to go too.
On the Kaitlyn teeth front, i have called my old dentist and gotten his recommendation for a pediatric dentist. Also Eric spent much of the evening looking at ways to make this process more affordable. It looks like a dental discount card is going to be the way to go. We can get one as quickly as two days and their cost is made up for with their prices. Several plans he looked at would take 6 plus weeks to get and after you paid the ultra high premiums & deductible you hadn't saved anything, not to mention that pediatric dentistry wasn't generally covered.
on a different note. My best friend Robert stopped by yesterday evening. It was great to see him. He has had a ruff week hanging out at the court house trying to get his parenting plan ironed out. His week started out with hoping to file contempt of court papers. Found out that his baby momma wasn't breaking the rules by keeping his daughter. He has since been changing his very very vague parenting plan that says he gets 50/50. To one that has details defining when his 50/50 is. He showed up yesterday with a pile of papers and Eric and I sent him home several hours later with a stack of papers 4 times as big but all filled out. Daddy's with out their daddy's girl, are just sad sad creatures.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
the dentist
My Katie bug did so good at the dentist. She held still for her x-rays. She was beyond perfect. I am so amazingly proud of my bug. Not once did they have to ask her to hold still or to open her mouth wider. She was a far better patient than i am at the dentist that's for sure.
Her teeth how ever are in much worse shape than i had feared. I will be making calls to pediatric dentist offices in the morning. Keep your fingers crossed that someone good will accept a new cash patient and have a payment plan.
You would be proud of me though. I kept it together all through the appointment and all while talking with the social worker with how i would pay for all of the treatment. I got out side and got Katie buckled in the car and turned on her TV, then i shut the door and cried in the parking lot for 10 Min's. After that little melt down i pulled myself back together, got in the car and asked Katie what kind of special treat did my brave girl want for being so good. And even now i am smiling so Katie does not worry that anything is wrong. I want to curl up into a ball and cry my eyes out. I am so worried about how i will pay for this. I feel so guilty that i allowed my child to get bad teeth. So many worries colliding into one another. Just a few more hours until bed time. Then i can have a melt down again.
Well i have ice cream to serve to one very brave girl.
Good night all
Her teeth how ever are in much worse shape than i had feared. I will be making calls to pediatric dentist offices in the morning. Keep your fingers crossed that someone good will accept a new cash patient and have a payment plan.
You would be proud of me though. I kept it together all through the appointment and all while talking with the social worker with how i would pay for all of the treatment. I got out side and got Katie buckled in the car and turned on her TV, then i shut the door and cried in the parking lot for 10 Min's. After that little melt down i pulled myself back together, got in the car and asked Katie what kind of special treat did my brave girl want for being so good. And even now i am smiling so Katie does not worry that anything is wrong. I want to curl up into a ball and cry my eyes out. I am so worried about how i will pay for this. I feel so guilty that i allowed my child to get bad teeth. So many worries colliding into one another. Just a few more hours until bed time. Then i can have a melt down again.
Well i have ice cream to serve to one very brave girl.
Good night all
kaitlyn to the dentist
I'm taking my oldest, who is only four years old, Kaitlyn to the dentist today. I wish I wish I wish that i was only taking her in because she was due for a cleaning. I think that they will clean her teeth, but i called and made the appointment because I'm worried she has a cavity. Actually I'm worried she has two cavities.
I am not sure how this could have happened. I am also not sure how she could have gone from great teeth to what looks like a cavity to me (I'm assuming it has to be really bad if it looks like a cavity to me) and i didn't notice till now.
I feel like a crappy mom.
I'll let you know how it goes.
One good thing, Kaitlyn is so happy to go to the dentist!! She thinks that little mirror they use to look at your teeth is the coolest thing ever. She has been bouncing off the walls to go since i told her i made the appointment last Friday.
I am not sure how this could have happened. I am also not sure how she could have gone from great teeth to what looks like a cavity to me (I'm assuming it has to be really bad if it looks like a cavity to me) and i didn't notice till now.
I feel like a crappy mom.
I'll let you know how it goes.
One good thing, Kaitlyn is so happy to go to the dentist!! She thinks that little mirror they use to look at your teeth is the coolest thing ever. She has been bouncing off the walls to go since i told her i made the appointment last Friday.
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