Michael Update

A quick update to let everyone know about Michael's visit to the pediatric dentist today.

Basically, the dr. said it's like he skinned his knee, except it was his gums (ouch!)...Two of his teeth are slightly lose, but the blood supply to them still seems to be in tact so they should heal fine. However, the dr. said it could take 2 or more weeks for the blood flow to decide whether or not it is permanently damaged, so we will have to go back for a recheck next month to make sure the teeth are still white and healing well. He said the gums have a great blood supply (as we discovered on Saturday!) so they should heal pretty quickly. The gums are not so good, though, at rejuvenating themselves and so they will always be receded from his teeth as they are now. There was no evidence of damage to the jaw bone.

So, all in all it was pretty good. Michael was very traumatized (I did pretty good until the dr. pulled out a gauze pad and started rubbing it all over the teeth and bloody gums and then I thought I was going to lose it too and jump over the chair and strangle him!!!) They made it all better, though, by offering Michael a new little school bus and firetruck to play with!

Will try to post soon about Sheniah's trip - FYI - her camera died the first day so I don't think there are many pictures of the trip!