coffeebean

so i take jon for 915am to have surgery. he needs to have gum surgery to expose a tooth. it sounds god awful to be honest.

one of his eye teeth is growing across the roof of his mouth towards his front teeth. it is not descending and wont on its own. if we leave it his tooth would grow into the roots of his front two teeth, damage the roots, and he would loose his permanent front teeth. the eye tooth would calcify and be covered in deformed bone. so ya, not a lot of options here.

they are going to cut open his gums to expose the tooth and keep it exposed. he will have to have a brace put on it to pull it down god that is gonna hurt.

i have lorazepam to sedate him in the morning . he is going to be on a soft diet for a few days, out of school for probably two days. he has to miss soccer likely all this week. he is devastated about missing soccer

he is terrified of this surgery and has been a terror all week, no doubt because of it. *sigh*. my husband is taking the day off work to deal with amaya and getting her fed and to school and what not so i can just focus on jon.
wish him luck and fast healing vibes. i feel rotten for him

Lucy

Poor kid. My daughter had to have something similar done when she was younger.
If it makes him feel any better, it wasn't as bad as it sounds. At least thats what she said.
Sending good vibes your way.

bolivianbaby

Tell him good luck from us. Hopefully the Lorazepam will make him sleep through the worst of the pain.

Hang in there, Mom. It's not easy for us parents when our children have to go through something like this. My daughter is 11 and she'd be a NIGHTMARE if she had to go through anything like this.

Glad your husband is a support team for you. It'll make it easier on you.

Hugs, good luck and best wishes coming your way

Amanda

Aw, I feel so bad for him! Tell him to be brave & all will be okay.

coffeebean

thank you so much for the support. im trying to not seem worried. i know the procedure will go fine but he is a very anxious child. i dont know if i can deal with him all hysterical. lorazepam at 830am. hope that does the trick.

prairielilly

Wow, that's pretty major. Hold old is Jon?

I had jaw surgery once, I had my upper jaw removed, moved around and then screwed back on (to correct anterior open bite). I figured if I could survive that, I could survive anything! I was in ICU for 24 hours, hospital for 3 days, home for another 4 and back at school 7 days after surgery, all in all pretty quick rebound...but I was 17. It's tough for the littler ones. The Lorazepam will calm him, and having his mommy close by will help him lots.

coffeebean

prairielilly, that sounds horrific what you went through. my son is 11. its not helping that his brother (twins) doesnt have to have this procedure.

Alessa

Best of lucks for the little hero!

prairielilly

Aww, poor little one

It wasn't too horrific...what I meant was, it sounds awful sure and I wouldn't call it 'fun', but I came through all ok and your little one will too Then he can brag to his brother about how brave he was!

prairielilly

how is he doing?

ABCDemily

I had two teeth removed, and the second one the root snapped off and embedded itself in my sinus. They just patched me up and sent me on my way.
Then it got horrifically infected, and had to be sent for emergency surgery to get the tooth out of the sinus before it really harmed me. I still have a huge scar along my gums.
Subsequently this has left me with TMD, Teromandibular Joint Disorder, where the cartiledge on one side fuses so I can't open my jaw too far. I hate my mouth.

I;m sure he'll be alright, mouth ops always seem the worst. Milkshakes always went down well with me

JennDFK

Sending good vibes his way.

coffeebean

thanks for asking. this is the update i posted that night on my mom's board

********update: 6:30 pm**************

he is watching star trek episodes with Dad now. *sigh*

this has been a horrifically long day. we gave him lorazepam at 830 am to calm him before the procedure. his eyes were rolling in his head by the time we got there. my hb dropped us off, thankfully, it poured all day and i would have had to park and walk miles.
he was pretty relaxed waiting, listened to his ipod. he got a bit nervous when we were in prepping for needles but he was a true champ. pour guy has had so many teeth pulled that he is a real pro at the needles. they spend about half an hour freezing him. it had to be deep and most of his face. 4 rounds of topical freezing gel. 8 rounds of needles. the dr was awesome with him. they joked a little, jon was doing awesome. the lorazepam had him sleepy. after the needles were done he drifted a bit.
then came the cutting. oh.my.god. i am not squeamish and do well with my kids blood. ive seen plenty of jons with a few head wounds. this was grizzly. i was not prepared for how much gum they were going to be slicing. they went up really high above where your mouth technically ends on top there. there was SO MUCH BLOOD. it was coming out faster then the assistant could suction and jon was swallowing some of it, he took that well. there was blood all over the lower half of his face and the dental bib they put on as well as some of the towel wrapped around his head.
i sat near his knee, holding his hand. he wanted me to hold it the whole time. he would squeeze it when something was bad and i would look up to check on him. i wasnt watching per say, but i wasnt not watching either.
the dr then said "i liked you better when you were pink" huh? i said i felt fine, i really did. sipped some more coffee, stroked his hand. then all of a sudden it was like a wave of fever over me. oh ya, i know this feeling. im about to pass out. great. i had to let go of jons hand and sit on the floor and try to get my head between my knees...hard with my gut in the way i realized...now isnt the best time to note that i have gained more weight then i had realized.
that wasnt cutting it. there was a small sink outside the cubicle, i ran for it...well staggered and stuck my head it willing myself not to vomit. ran cold water on my head, back of my neck, splashed my face. i really didnt care. i just really needed to not pass out or puke. the nausea passed and i tried the floor again, nearly lying on it.
all this time my kid is moaning. i hear muffled "mooooooooom" 's and i want to hurt myself.
i pulled myself together and made it back. still blood everywhere.
then they had to put in stents (sp?) to hold the gums apart to keep the tooth exposed, that was fun. then it got bandaged, some kind of cast actually. cleaning him up took 15 minutes there was so much blood. then it was done. 500$ later i had one of the worst mondays of my life. i hate myself for not being there when my son needed me...and i know what it feels like from the other side. my mother passed out with me in the ER once, actually i was the same age. scrubbing out a massive gash on my leg.

ive been crushing T3's and putting them in jam with extra sugar. no where close had liquid codeine. jon is driving me insane. he isnt listening and is being weird, everytime he makes his weird boy noises he makes his mouth bleed.
i tell him to take small bites he shoves huge forkfulls. i say dont make a sucking motion, he does...and it bleeds.
ive had gauze in his mouth and blood all over the bathroom twice. something fell out of his mouth already, from the inside part. nothing was supposed to fall out yet :gah:

he has managed a couple popsicles but he is sucking too hard on them. he had some ice cream and cold mashed potatoes with cheese. applesauce. cold tuna casserole with over cooked small noodles.
tomorrow at least he can have something warm.

he is terrified of this surgery and has been a terror all week, no doubt because of it. *sigh*. my husband is taking the day off work to deal with amaya and getting her fed and to school and what not so i can just focus on jon.
wish him luck and fast healing vibes. i feel rotten for him

prairielilly

oh my goodness! your poor little guy! that's such a thing for a kid to have to go through. It sounds like he made it through really brave though. I think you were really brave too. Blood is difficult to deal with, and when it's your own or someone else's that you care for, all good intentions get sidelined by the squeamishness...been there. Don't be hard on yourself. You were there for him during the procedure and you're taking care of him as he heals, that's what he'll remember was that his mommy took good care of him