I am so glad that the morning is behind us. She is doing well and is back to her spunky self! She hasn't even napped at all today even after the anesthesia; figures, this girl never sleeps! Actually, I wouldn't want her any other way than her "normal" self.
It was terrible to see her all dopey on the sedative they gave her before the surgery to help with the separation from us. When we got to the hospital room, she started throwing a fit, refusing to even put on the gown. Ten minutes after the sedative, her eyes started rolling and she just laid on my lap.
Three and half hours in that waiting room is no fun.
Finally, the dentist appeared. He filled 11 cavities and did the two crowns on her two front teeth. We only knew about 4 cavities going into this. Needless to say, we were very shocked! He said it is due to the bad enamel on her teeth, probably from lack of prenatal care. Hmph. No fluoride in the water in China probably didn't help either. Two strikes against her right from the start. Really, it is not our parenting skills . . . she doesn't really drink juice, yes she eats suckers and will drink pop sometimes . . . but the boys haven't even had one cavity yet. I guess I will brush her teeth more often even when she insists on doing it herself.
It is what it is. The dentist put sealants on her other teeth. Hopefully that will help. Oh, and the ear tube was still in so the ENT took it out and fixed the hole in her eardrum. He put packing stuff in her ear so he said she may not ear well for a few days until that all dissolves.
The ENT was the hero though. Her teeth are bothering her more than her ear. We are tired here tonight. Getting up at 4:45 am and leaving the house at 5:30 is not common for Kamryn or mommy. Looking forward to some sleep tonight.
3 comments:
So glad to read that K's surgery went well and she is feeling good! Holy moly.....11 fillings?! Thank goodness you chose to have all this done at once.
You know, I worried too when J had cavities @3, but I am so glad you know that it isn't our fault!!!
Hope tomorrow is a good day for K - that her teeth feel good and that the packing stuff dissolves quickly!
Thanks for the update -- glad to hear its over for poor Kamryn.
I don't think its uncommon for adoptive babies from China to have bad teeth. I remember being at a couple local events for groups of adoptive parents (China) and the one mom telling me how both daughters (both adopted from China) had really bad baby teeth.
I'm sure you are doing everything just fine in the tooth hygiene department :-)
Julie,
So sad Kamryn had to go through all that. My boys have bad enamel also, from Chad of course. Ethan had 9 cavities in one visit. They have deep grooves which hold food and the weak enamel and my dentist said to make sure they brush their teeth and wait 30 minutes to fall asleep to let the saliva get rid of the sugar in the toothpaste. Sugar in toothpaste, weird huh. Can't wait to see you again. Let us know when you're free.
Julie
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