Friday, November 5, 2010

Poor Kenzie

Our 7-year old granddaughter, Kenzie, had been suffering with a tooth ache for almost a month. Her dentist said that her upper 6-year molars were rotting from the inside. Poor Kenzie was so upset thinking that she had done something wrong or wasn't brushing properly but the dentist assured her that it wasn't her fault. She had hypoplasia enamel, probably due to a high fever when those particular teeth were forming. Their decay was inevitable.

Today she had oral surgery to remove both of them - general anesthesia so she was asleep for the whole process. Mickey and I were there for moral support and to help Amy bring Kenzie home while she was still weak and groggy. The Dentist showed us the extracted teeth which were strangely huge with vaguely deformed long roots...no wonder they were hurting her.


Straight from recovery, all Kenzie needed was her Mom to hold her and tell her everything is going to be all right. Our Amy is a very loving and caring Mom.

Ready to go home, with gauze in her mouth
The good news is that her 12-year molars (when they come in) will most likely drift in to fill the gaps thus allowing room for the wisdom teeth to come in without problem when she's older.
Always looking for the silver lining...

7 comments:

Chatty Crone said...

Oh poor baby! sandie

Amy said...

By 7:00 pm she was back to her typical self and not even complaining of mouth pain but I sent her to bed with a dose of advil just in case.

Jane said...

Hope that she is tons better today!

Jane

JQ said...

Aren't they amazing recoverers? By suppertime on the day of Sam's extraction he was eating a porkchop.

Chatty Crone said...

Your sister had both knees at the same time - she was brave. Just one for me. And no grandson yet. sandie

Haf Dozen Reasons....... said...

Ouch, ouch, and ouch!!! Hope the poor little one is all better now!!

Chatty Crone said...

No baby yet - and yes to the contest.

My email is skcz at comcast dot net - if you are interested in sending me yours.

Sandie