it is a part of our lives that I don't think about much, I've been known to say "yeah she has epilepsy, but we don't see any seizures." as if that made the seizures any less bad, like the surge of electrical activity in her brain is less damaging, because we don't see when it happens. today I witnessed it, today I had to shed another layer of that thick coat of denial I wear so proudly.
what does it all mean? I don't know I'm still new at this stuff :)
we spend a good amount of time at the doctors, and at the lab getting blood tests and now we are still waiting for the doctors to call us back, and life goes on, we are off to basketball practice for the boy. imagine life without the joy of cell phones and blackberries :)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Dental health
after much neglect to their dental health I have gotten all my kids to the dentist
the dentist was nice and did not give me a hard time about having waited too long between visits :)
let me start out by saying that I should probably start a savings account now and start tucking away money to pay for my kids different dental issues :)
The boy has no cavities but some gingivitis he needs to come in in March to get sealant his overbite is going to need some help if you know what I mean :)
The middle child has what the Dentist calls "a deep bite" she grinds her teeth which will cause problems but there is really nothing we can do to stop her :( no cavities though...take the good where you can find it :)
The youngest child has some damage due to years of being on antibiotics for her kidney reflux. No cavities but the start of a cavity the Dentist told me that she is going to need braces, which is funny because she is the only one that doenst look like she will need them LOL but the report is that her teeth are too close together which looks nice now but when she gets her grown up teeth it will be an issue.
While we were there there was an emergency and in came a girl of the same age as my middle child with similar medical and developmental issues, she had an infected tooth and was in a lot of pain, it broke my heart to watch this little one, who didn't understand why her mouth hurt and was fluctuating between crying and angry outbursts, the mother kept apologizing to me and trying to explain herself So I told her that I understand, told her about J's issues and I even gave her my phone number and email :)
ok if you know me you know this is a big deal :)
onward to talking about the facebook addiction....seems that the rumor of admitting you have a problem being the first step is wrong HAHA
Oh yes I did have a long talk with my kids when they asked me why that little girl was crying....lets just say there will not be any forgetting to brish teeth KWIM
the dentist was nice and did not give me a hard time about having waited too long between visits :)
let me start out by saying that I should probably start a savings account now and start tucking away money to pay for my kids different dental issues :)
The boy has no cavities but some gingivitis he needs to come in in March to get sealant his overbite is going to need some help if you know what I mean :)
The middle child has what the Dentist calls "a deep bite" she grinds her teeth which will cause problems but there is really nothing we can do to stop her :( no cavities though...take the good where you can find it :)
The youngest child has some damage due to years of being on antibiotics for her kidney reflux. No cavities but the start of a cavity the Dentist told me that she is going to need braces, which is funny because she is the only one that doenst look like she will need them LOL but the report is that her teeth are too close together which looks nice now but when she gets her grown up teeth it will be an issue.
While we were there there was an emergency and in came a girl of the same age as my middle child with similar medical and developmental issues, she had an infected tooth and was in a lot of pain, it broke my heart to watch this little one, who didn't understand why her mouth hurt and was fluctuating between crying and angry outbursts, the mother kept apologizing to me and trying to explain herself So I told her that I understand, told her about J's issues and I even gave her my phone number and email :)
ok if you know me you know this is a big deal :)
onward to talking about the facebook addiction....seems that the rumor of admitting you have a problem being the first step is wrong HAHA
Oh yes I did have a long talk with my kids when they asked me why that little girl was crying....lets just say there will not be any forgetting to brish teeth KWIM
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