Elisha had a 2 year molar that hadn't formed properly as an infant. The back of the tooth was "open" without enamel, and had turned black. His first visit with the pediatric dentist for a check up on that tooth was a few weeks ago, and on Tuesday, we went back to have the tooth filled.
We chose to give him a small sedative to relax him for the procedure, rather than having him put completely under. So, Tuesday morning, I gave him his dose of Valium. He drank the bitter potion down, making a face, but finishing it off as I prompted him. I turned to the counter for a minute, and when I turned back, he was already quite relaxed, kinda staring off into space.
I gently gathered him in my arms and carried him to the couch and tucked him in with a blanket there. He was really groggy. Tim got home from work and came over and looked at him, listening to his slightly slurred speech. I felt terrible that we had to do this, but he hasn't had very many bad effects from it.
When we got to the dentist's office, Elisha told Tim he wanted to get down and play with the toys. (It is a great office and the waiting room was designed with tots in mind!!) So, Eli scooted off Tim's lap and began crossing the room. Unfortunately, his bottom half didn't keep up with his top half and after only a couple steps, he took a nose dive into the hard baseball glove shaped chair. Black eye number one!!
He did fabulously in the office- went right into the room and only had a little bit of angst that he had to lay down in the chair. The dentist told us she was really pleased and he did much better than most children his age. He was such a trouper!! Tim has some pics on his phone, I'll post them soon. We were so proud of him!! And the dentist did such a great job, too!! The tooth looks amazing- you would never be able to tell he'd had anything done :0)
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