Grace has to have some dental work done before she can have her cleft palate repaired. She is having some sort of Frankenstein appliance placed on her gums, teeth pulled and tubes inserted in her ears on Jan. 7 (with anesthesia at Scottish Rite with a dentist and an orthodontist presiding). I'm not looking forward to this at all. I felt like such a moron crying with her during her shots in September, this pain will last longer and be just as mysterious to her, I am anticipating.
Christmas was great, except for Grace having strep throat. She was in good spirits, but it was a mystery what was ailing her until she saw her new pediatrician, Dr. George, on Saturday. Antibiotic until the day of her "procedure" So far, so good with Frannie (not sick).
We are so excited to have Kevin's brother Mike and his family visit us on Jan. 8! We have a few surprise activities planned and I'm sure card-playing and beer-drinking will be part of it. We love Mike, Gwen, Connor and Maria! Hope one of you can fit in Frannie's spare toddler bed -- think "Elf." Ha ha
4 comments:
'elf' as in Maria? ask her about all the 'small' jokes Shannon had during our Christmas L.I. visit.. she really did laugh about it since the two of them together do look a bit like Mutt & Jeff....=:)
...oh and, we are all really excited to visit the 'Atlanta Branch'!!
(not knowing the ettiquett/rules of 'bloggingness' I posted as Anon. even tho' its me Gwen, oh well...
Analiese has had several dental procedures at Scottish RIte. Dr. Thomas is her dentist and Dr. Granger is the orthodontist! They are wonderful!!! When Dr. Thomas pulled 9 of Analiese's teeth out, he promised to give them to her for the "tooth fairy". Unfortunately he forgot and the teeth were thrown out with the rest of the OR stuff. When he found out how disappointed Analiese was, he, and his intern went "dumpster diving! They retrieved 7 of the 9! Grace will be in good hands!
Just be prepared for her to be an "oscar the grouch" as she comes out from the anesthesia. Alaina fought me hard for about 20 minutes as she came out of hers. I almost had to hand her off to Doug - we were both exhausted afterwards. Praying for Gracie, mommy and daddy, big sis and docs!
Post a Comment