Finally, after two weeks of phone calls and prescriptions, Joshua saw a dentist today.
The dentist took one peak in his mouth and understood just what the last 2 weeks have been like for our little man. He quickly decided to break his own rule of never treating a patient on the first visit and immediately extract the troublesome tooth.
Joshua and I were both relieved.
Little Mr. who has struggled with fear of medical was SO tired of having a sore tooth that he happily slipped on the "space mask." He quite honesty did not care what the dentist did as long as it made his tooth stop hurting!
He was a star patient. He kept asking me to touch his hands so I could see how they feel. The laughing gas made his hands feel "like balloons," and Joshua could not understand why I could not notice the difference. It took A LOT of Novocain to numb him up - like more than 6 syringes full. The tooth was really infected and according to the dentist that makes the nerves all the more sensitive which means all the more Novocain. Although Joshua had already been on antibiotics for 10 days, the tooth was still visibly infected. (Super YUCK!)
But once he was good and numb he hardly flinched when the dentist pulled out the biggest baby tooth I have ever seen. It was truly 3/4 of an inch long. I had no idea the roots of baby teeth were so huge. Some days mom's should get a good patient award. Calmly holding Joshua's hand with a serene look on my face while watching the dentist pull this molar was as close as I will ever get to an Emmy award winning performance.
Joshua was a bit miserable as the Novocain wore off, but by evening he was all smiles. His mouth is finally NOT hurting.
I am SO thankful that is OVER!
