It's OVER

waiting in the room

opening his Leapster

after the Versaid was taken

Swee has been needing to have a lot of dental work done and we put it off hoping that maturity would occur so that we could have it done in a traditional setting - a dentist office. Well, it didn't happen that way. We ended up having to have it done in a hospital setting under general anesthesia. It was very nerve wracking, especially since we hadn't told him what was going to happen. He had expresses a lot of apprehension about having his teeth fixed in any setting. This morning when we had to take him straight from bed to the hospital we finally began to tell him what was going on. Jason had given him a blessing last night and great comfort was felt. He did okay when we told him we were taking him to get his teeth fixed. A few minutes later he asked if it was a new doctor, and a few more past and he asked if they had a Mr. Bumpy (the drill). Swee did great...he talked with the nurses, drank his Versaid (sp) and was wheeled off without any waterworks on his part or mine. About two hours later we were talking with the doctor and were told everything went great. He ended up needing 2 root canals, the nerves were partial infected, and 6 fillings. He has two caps and all the other dental work was done so that it looks just like his teeth. As he was coming out of sedation he was pretty agitated and didn't want anyone to talk to him. He kept asking for me even though I was holding him. After being back in his room for about 20 minutes he started asking when could he go home. We were told he had to stay for an hour following his return to the Same Day Surgery room. We managed to do okay. He did begin to complain of a little discomfort so he took some Tylenol before we left the hospital. He is one an antibiotic for 5 days and we return to see the doctor next week for a recheck. I am so thankful it is all over and all his teeth are completely healthy again!