The Good Patient....

I am so proud of Kyla! Today, she had to endure yet another oral surgery! The
Periodontist commented on what a "good patient" she is! (I have heard that same comment from many Drs) Her mouth has been quite a challenge (her teeth and the words that come out of it) ha, ha J/k! Anywho, her first surgery about 4 yrs ago was for the same thing.... removing all the access "enamel pearls" that were embedded amongst her teeth & roots on her bottom jaw. They also removed a front baby tooth that never came up to allow the adult tooth to move up! Well, a year later.... that adult tooth never moved, so we had to do a surgery to expose the tooth and attatch a button & chain. Even with the use of her orthodontics.... that tooth has just been as stubborn as ever & has not cooperated! Now we know why! More "enamal pearls" were attatched to & around that tooth. So after todays surgery, the extend of the problem became known. She had seven "smaller" pearls and one very large one...... the size of a tooth. They actually had to dig in the bone to fully extract it. Unfortunately, that enamal pearl was taking up the entire bone "cavity" where the tooth should have been. So once it heals and the tooth can be moved back into its proper place, the doctor is hoping that the tooth makes the "transfer" without dying. That would totally suck! All those surgeries were mainly about that tooth.....and if we loose it.... what a waste! Plus, she has one more surgery after this one heals! She has to have a skin graph done on that tooth! Yikes! I told Kyla, that between her many years of orthodontist work and oral surgeries...... she's gonna have a million-dollar mouth.... or a mouth made of gold! ;)

Happy Birthday to me! :)

My family is so sweet! :) My birthday was Sunday, the 22nd, and they made me feel special all day! After church, Darryl made dinner and then the kids were ready to have me open their "special" gift! I love the homemade, thoughful gifts like these......coupons for chores and a foot massage! Just my thing.... I am easy to please! Darryl bought me a cute NoFear sweatshirt..... I love that he thinks I am still wearing "teeny-bopper" sizes! So, he has to exchange for a bigger one. Nice try hunny! Then we ate one of my favorites.... cheesecake! Yummy! I received loving cards and several phone calls & text msgs! It was a sweet day..... thank you! I feel loved!

Do you want cheese with that......?

Okay, I just want to whine a little! We recently got new health insurance with Kaiser Permenante with Darryl's company. Oh what fun.... transferring all the old to the new! (Don't get me wrong...I am very grateful that we have insurance) I started off by having all of Kyla's bumps and lumps looked at. So off to a "new patient" visit with our new pediatrician! (You have to understand that we had the same pediatrician for the last 9 years or so and we just loved him)
The new Dr gave us a referrel to a surgeon for her back and a podiatrist for her foot. We made a few "foot Dr" appts and then she had that surgery on her foot, with follow up appts as well. We went to the surgeon for her back (lump on lower back) She gave a referral to have a CAT Scan. Had that done...and all is normal, they assume it is just "fatty tissue". Mind you.... all these appointments are "down the hill" which is about 45- 50 minutes away, plus I am still babysitting Carrie's baby.
Then it is time for D.Jay. He has been having allergy shots for the past four years, so we needed to see a new allergist. We went for a "new patient" visit with the same pediatrician and of course they love to "update" his shot record with additional Hep A, Meningococcal, and Tetanus shots....poor D.Jay. We got the referral to the Allergist. Went and had new allergy test performed, which is now done on the inner part of your arm instead of on your back. Poor D.jay with about 35 needle "pricks" on that tender skin which quickly "reacted" and had the itchy, hive-like welts all over his arm....okay got the lowdown of everything he's allergic to blah, blah, blah. This was on a Thursday....then Saturday morning, D.Jay had me look at something that was bothering him on his leg. It looked like a bug bite or small boil. I told him that we could put hot compresses on it to relieve it! Then.... the next day, after church and right before the Superbowl started..... D.Jay showed me his leg and told me how much that "thing" hurt! Oh my goodness!!! That thing more than doubled in size, was hot to the touch and very hard feeling! I knew instantly what it was! It happened to my friend a few months ago! She had picked a little pimple on her face and later went to a regular Dr visit at Kaiser....hummm. Sometime while being there or after, she had touched that little area on her face! To make a long story short, it ended up being Staph Infection.....not cool! So after the Superbowl, I took D.Jay down to the urgent care and sure enough....that's what it was. D.Jay told me that he had picked a little pimple on his leg and he wore shorts the day we went to Kaiser.....so I only imagine that he had touched it after being there. The ER doctor put him on 2 heavy duty antibiotics....taking 6 pills a day for 10 days. D.Jay stayed home from school for two days while the infection "drained". It was sooo nasty, but you know I like that gross stuff.... if it's my family! The Dr checked again on the third day, and indeed it was getting better. Then still had to finish up the next day at the allergist to test and finalize what strength allergy serum to give him. Six injections on his inner arm and we were done! ;) Let me tell you..... D.Jay and I washed our hands like crazy and used hand sanitizer every other minute while we were at Kaiser......lesson learned! Come to find out, one of Darryls employees had the same thing! He picked something on the back of his neck, went to Kaiser, touched it, and ended up with Staph Infection! So let this be a warning....! Wowzy! I think I feel better now! Don't remind me that we haven't even started with Scott! I think I will wait awhile.... I am burnt out with Dr visits!!!!! Thanks for listening! :)

"First one out!"

Yeah! :) Scotty just lost his first tooth.... thank goodness!!! It was hanging by a string and his brother and sister tortured him by always trying to pull it out. Sunday when we were eating dinner at my mom's house, I heard Scotty screaming and whining. I found him in the bathroom with Kyla and D.Jay trying to force him to let them pull his tooth out. I saved him.... but they kept telling him that when he fell asleep....they were going to rip his tooth out! Don't you love the sibling relationships? Ha, ha! My kids didn't have school on Monday....and without the assistance of Kyla and D.Jay....it was out! He was sooo excited, as were the rest of us, and the excitement only grew with the anticipation that the tooth fairy would pay a visit that night! ;)