Details

After I posted the last blog about God's financial provisions, I got lots of questions, comments, and texts asking about Savannah's surgery.  I kind of dropped the bomb that she's having surgery and then didn't give you any details.  I'm sorry!  I wasn't really focused on the surgery in that post, it was just still so fresh that we were going to be able to fully pay for it 3 weeks ahead of schedule that had me all in a dither.  So, here are the details.  My little Savannah has to have oral surgery.  When she started getting her teeth in last year we noticed that some of them had little patches of off-white on them.  Her front three teeth are almost completely covered in the discoloration.  We immediately took her in to the dentist when we noticed the problem.  I gotta be honest, I was a little nervous.  We are METICULOUS about our girls' oral health.  As a nurse I see kids all the time, like every time I'm at work, who are there to have dental resoration because of rotting teeth.  I always sort of judge those parents, which is horrible I know, for giving their kids bottles of apple juice and not brushing their teeth (mean, mean, mean, but I'm working on it).  I knew that her teeth weren't rotting, but I was afraid of being judged when people saw her teeth.  The dentist told us she has a genetic problem that causes the enamel on her little teeth to go the opposite way that it is supposed to.  Because of that, her teeth are literally crumbling away.  A few weeks ago I went to wipe some cinnamon off her teeth and it left this HUGE gouge on one of her teeth.  Just from wiping it away gently.  They are getting pretty painful for her, she has a hard time when she drinks something or eats something cold.  Even just breathing in and out can hurt her teeth if the air is chilly.  So she is having surgery where they will place an IV (which is honestly the part I am the most nervous about), sedate her, and remove portions of her teeth and then place caps on them so they look like normal teeth.  No more pain, no more crumbling teeth.  And there is almost no chance that her adult teeth will have this same problem, since it happens when teeth are developing and her adult teeth haven't even developed yet.  I am so thankful that this happened to her baby teeth and not her permanent teeth.  And another little hopeful piece of news, since it's a genetic issue and not because of neglect or hygiene, it's possible that our medical insurance will pay for more of it than originally thought.  They automatically assume with these procedures that it's because of hygiene, but of course it's not so they are looking into it.  Yah!  I know I am making a big deal out of it when it's really minor surgery.  I have friends who have kids who have had tons of sedation and surgeries and my heart goes out to them.  I can't imagine it ever gets easier to sedate your children and put them through something that causes them pain.  My experience in no way compares to their's, and I get that.  I am just nervous about the whole thing.  I literally started to cry when the nurse called to give me the details on the procedures and she said I would have to hand Savannah over to anesthesiologist and they would take her back.  I, like, literally lost it.  They will give her a shot which will make her sleepy, then I have to hand her over.  Oh.Em.Gee.  Lord help me, but thankfully Chris will be there with me and again, it's minor surgery, but it's my BABY!!  Anyways, that's the scoop.  Her surgery is October 12 and I'll keep you all posted.