Tuesday April 24, 2007
A victory for us. A good dental appointment for Zane this time around. As many of you know, the last Dental appointment with Zane went horribly, both the appointment itself, and the fact we ended up having to have him in the hospital to put caps on teeth because he wouldn’t tolerate being awake. For the last year our OT has been helping us work with him to brush teeth, and it has ever so gradually gotten better, but still is a struggle.
This time, although he was somewhat resistant, he did let the tech brush his teeth. He also opened his mouth for the dentist enough that he could get a decent look at his teeth. He complimented Zane (and Zach, since he is the one who brushes his teeth most nights) on how great his teeth and gums looked, and that the caps still look really good.
He also said that the pain Zane was complaining about was from new teeth coming in. His front teeth are pushing up, but he could also see the molars in the back, which are really big, about to push through too. On a side note, I can not TELL you how WONDERFUL it is to have Zane be able to communicate that he has pain now. It is something I am not sure if you can really, truly appreciate until you have been without it. We at least know what we are dealing with and it reduces the stress a lot in our family.
I was so relieved when Zach said it went well and we wouldn’t be scheduling another surgery for Zane. Such a major relief. It feels so wonderful to see some hard work on all of our parts come to fruition too.
Hooray! Good for Zane. Every time I go to the dentist I think of how hard it must be for more sensitive people to just lay there and let someone mess around in your mouth. That’s wonderful that he can communicate about pain, now. You don’t realize how important that simple thing is until you have a child who can’t do it.