Forget the helmet we NEED a Bubble!

As you can see from the pictures Henry has taken another fall. I swear I can not take my eyes off this kid for a second. I had just walked in the house with groceries and Henry was playing in the driveway putting rocks in a chimera that is sitting outside the garage. He has been doing this for months it keeps him busy and right on one spot. All of the sudden I hear a crash and Henry screaming. I run out pick him up and first thing I do is look at his mouth teeth are good great, then I see the big scrapes on his head luckily it was just scrapes and no big bumps. I think he may have been trying to climb on the chimera and knocked it over. I took him in and calmed him down and not five minutes later he had shut his thumb in the pantry door. I think he cried harder and longer about that then his head! So ever since he has had his scrape on his head he will point to it and say boo boo. Now we have taught him to say boo boo all gone. I have posted the pictures also so you can see the before and after of the missing tooth.

Before see all my pretty little teeth ;')

After see my tough Hockey Player smile ;'(

OMG is this for real!?!?!

It is 7:30pm tonight I am doing dishes and Henry comes walking into the kitchen and boom falls flat on his face and lets out an awful scream. I knew wright away that it could not be good. By the time I get to him to pick him up there is a puddle of blood on the floor. I look at his mouth and his tooth that was pushed up into his gums is now moved way down. Richard was not here so I had to keep telling myself stay clam so trying to catch the blood clam Henry and call Richard I was also looking for the dentist's phone number why would I have wrote it down? Oh because that would have been too easy. After calling the number twice I finally got the number I needed to call for an emergency. So with Henry screaming in one ear I was trying to hear the dentist in the other. The dentist said to meet him in his office in 20 mins. Richard got home and we put Henry in the car and headed down to the dentist. By the time we got Henry in the car he was acting as though nothing was wrong. Just happy and chatting. I sat in the back seat with him and kept telling him open your mouth. I was so afraid that the tooth was going to fall out and he was going to sallow it! When the dentist looked at it he said yes the tooth has to go no way to save it. Richard laid Henry down on his lap and the dentist pulled his tooth right out. Just a little crying from Henry and he was ok. So a couple more days of Motrin and Henry is good to go again. I am beginning to think Henry needs to wear a helmet! Does anyone have an extra one we could borough? Anyone?

To the Dentist we go....

I got up early this morning to call and make a dentist appointment for Henry. I first called my dentist to see if they could recommend a pediatric dentist and they recommended Dr. Love (no I am not joking this is his real name)! I gave Dr Love's office a call and kept getting an answering machine giving me their hours and a something about billing and emergencies, nothing about scheduling an appointment. I hung up and called back and then realized that they did not open until 9 and it was only a little after 8 so I waited until after nine and still got the same message. I then decided to call the dentist that the ER had recommended. When I called they said they could work me in and that I may have to wait because I was a work in. They told me to come in at 1 and fill out paperwork and by the way we go to lunch from 2-3 and it will be $350 for the dentist to just see you! I said ok because I was not sure I could get into any other dentist and was still unable to get to speak to anyone at Dr Love's office. I called my dentist back to make sure there was not another number for them but they said no. I tried one more time this time someone answered the phone and asked if I could come wright away and that it would be $60 for the dentist to see me and $40 if they took an x-ray I said I will be wright there. Oh yeah did I mention that Dr Love is at the beach and the other dentist is in town. So I called the first dentist back and told them that I wanted to cancel. They put me on hold and when they came back on the line they asked why I was canceling I said because I found a lot cheaper dentist and they were at the beach where I live. They just said ok.
We waited probably about 15 20 min and the dentist came and took a look and told me all the things that could happen to Henry's tooth 1. it could turn grey from damage 2. it could get knocked lose again and fall out, and 3. it could also get infected. Then he said since Henry was such a good patient they would try and do an x-ray. They had me sit in the chair with Henry on my lap and they took one x-ray. He did great only cried when they put the film in his mouth. The x-ray showed that the one tooth was pushed up to his permanent tooth and there could be some damage but we will not know until it comes in. If so it will probably be an easy fix just a little bond needed. The dentist said there really is not much to do but watch it and follow back up in 2 weeks.

A hard post to write....

I know I have been way behind on posting, this post will tell all. Where do I begin? It is Sat. night Aunt Becky and our friend Ryan are here. Becky, Henry and I had a good day shopping and the boys (Richard and Ryan) had a good day of surfing. Becky and I were in the kitchen cooking food for dinner while Henry was outside with Richard while he was starting the grill and the fire in the little fire pot we have. All of the sudden I heard Henry screaming and Richard came running in the house with him. He took him in his room and then called to me "I think he knocked his teeth out." I couldn't help it I freaked out a little. That has always been one of my biggest fears with him falling that he was going to knock out his teeth! When I finally got a look at him you could tell that he had knocked his teeth pretty hard. One of his top front teeth was chipped and the other one was pushed way up into his gums. There was blood but not too much it did not bleed very long but it looked awful. So I called the pediatrician and they said I could bring him in and they would look at it. Thank god for 24 hour pediatricians since it is 6:30pm on a Sat. We got to the peds office and the doctor came in and jammed a tongue depressor in Henry's mouth and said "Ya he is probably going to loose that tooth." Richard was worried that he had broke something and wanted an x-ray so the doctor said we would have to go to the ER. I was pretty sure he did not break anything but Richard was adamant about an x-ray, so off to the ER we went. The ER doctor did not say much more and did not think he needed an x-ray but said he needed to see a pediatric dentist on Mon. She also said to give him Motrin and wrote a prescription for Tylenol with codeine (which we never ended up needing to give to him). So home we went with a beat up little boy. Props to the ER we were in and out in less than 2 hours! It did not seem to slow Henry down at all when we got home I knew he had to be starving, it was now 9pm and he had not eaten anything since lunch. I was not sure how he was going to do eating or drinking for that matter! Becky made him a peanut butter and jelly and cut it up in little pieces and I gave him a sippy cup with a soft spout without the valve in it and he at and drank like nothing was wrong! I guess for Henry this is just another bump in the road of growing up. For me it has been quite traumatic seeing how teeth gross me out and the fact that there really is nothing you can do about it. As I am writing this post a month later I am doing much better with all and just thankful that it is only his teeth and he will get new ones in let's say 6 to 7 years!

Sorry Henry ;'(

Dear Henry,

Mama is very sorry for letting you cry for 3 nights before she took you to the doctor. You were getting 4 big molars and I figured that was why you were crying. But the doctor had other reasons for you to be crying, two not just one but two ear infections you had. So next time please pull on your ears or something. It is really hard to read you little mind! Next time I will try to not wait so long. So sorry ;(

Love, Mama