Sam's Stuff...Again!

Sometimes it seems Sam cannot catch a break on some things!  His little eyes cross ever so slightly (but enough for people to make comments) when his glasses are off.  But his eye surgery at age 2 was successful, and he can see.  That's what is important - not the insensitive comments.  His teeth have had such a hard time coming in!  He had an extra tooth that garnered lots of comments.  We had the nicest oral surgeon remove it -once we found out it was extra!  Then one big front tooth came in, but in a year and a half the other did not.  That has caused more comments!  We went to an orthodontist who sent us back to the oral surgeon.  In the time that we made the appointment, his other tooth started coming in quickly.  And in the week between the consult and surgery, we literally changed what we were doing; because he no longer needed a slit cut in his gum.  He had two baby teeth removed.  He did not eat from 11:20 the night before until the afternoon of the next day.  His surgery was at 11:00.  He did well until right before.  He did not get the meds until closer to 11:30.  He was hungry, and his blood sugar was on its way down.  But he held on and did well.  He was very sweet and cooperative.  Without moving, he said "Ow, ow, ow" a couple of times when getting the numbing shot.  Such a sweet little brave boy.

We had gone to Walmart before we went, hoping a toy would take his attention from not eating breakfast.  He asked Andrew (who was going to meet us at the doctor) to please go with him.  They picked out a super Nerf gun.  He was so excited and talked all about it in the doctor's office.

After the surgery, we got home; and he had all three brothers hovering over him and checking on him.  The doctor's office called to check on him, and I assured them he was fine.  Then his lip swelled.  It was huge and scary.  No one seemed too concerned, but I gave him his antibiotic (after it swelled) and ice.  I went to help Pete with his cleaning jobs.  Sam had eaten some, so his sugar was okay.  His swelling had not gone down in hours, so I called one of our sweet nurses.  She checked and told me to try a little Benadryl.  He was mostly back to normal today, but it's still puffy.  Pete thinks he bit his lip while everything was numb.

Well, when Mommy went back to Walmart for Benadryl after cleaning, I just got the Lego set he had picked out - too.  He deserved both after such a day.  He was hunched over in his little chair with his lip sticking way out putting together a new Lego set with the directions out in front of him.  Next time I buy something from Ikea, I know who I will get to help me put it together!

Now we hope Sam's teeth will come in like they are supposed to.  We hope this is the last of his "extra" stuff!  We are thankful for those who prayed and checked on him yesterday!  I am thankful for his brothers and their attention and time in taking care of him!