But, I tried to gear him up for the whole thing -I knew it would be rough. We told him he had a tooth that wasn't very strong, and so the dentist was going to give him a "robot tooth". He was pretty excited about that idea -since he is in love with all things robot these days.
SAD PART
Our appointment was at 6:45am and Ben did very well waking up and going. He did fine until the doctor wanted to "show him a cool band-aid." There's no foolin' Ben. He knew exactly what the band aid was for and started crying and saying "NO!" He got his sedation shot and soon was limp and groggy .He let the dentist take him away from me. (That's when I got choked up. I hate handing over my child and leaving the boys alone while going through tough things, but it's something that's gonna happen a lot, and I held it together.)
I couldn't hear any screaming or noise at all out in front, so I assumed he'd did great. He didn't the dentist said he screamed the whole time. He wasn't in pain and wasn't crying tears, it was as if he was a kid having a nightmare. He screamed. Even with the laughing gas and another shot, he wasn't okay. They hurried and finished and I got to go to him. (That's when they told me he had been screaming. I wanted to bawl. Poor guy.)
Funny Part
So in the recovery room we sat on a couch and I just held the very sedated Ben, who would go in and out of emotions and thoughts. He ask to go home and then drift asleep for one minute then wake up and cry or talk to me.
Even though it was not a fun time, Ben was hilarious. At one point he looked at me, and his face got really confused. HE stared at me for awhile and finally asked. "Why do you have two mouths?" I couldn't help but laugh. Then he asked, "Why do you have four eyes?" I just told him, "I', just being silly." ('Cause how are you supposed to explain drugs and their affects to a three year old.) He would grab at the ceiling and ask what all those circles were (the lights and other things) He was pretty funny to watch even though I was just praying he'd come out of it quickly.
We got home and he was pretty much back to 100% within a few hours, and is not upset at all about his robot tooth. He doesn't remember AT ALL the procedure -the only thing he brings up is the shot. (For that I am very grateful.)
Moral of the Story
You can never brush or floss your kid teeth enough, and kids who are under medication can be very funny to watch. (I hope that doesn't sound bad.)
5 comments:
Oh, poor Ben. I'm sorry. The robot tooth thing is a pretty cool way to tell him.
Aw - that IS a funny and sad story - poor kid, but that is hilarious that he was seeing double. When Kev got his wisdom teeth out - he was so out of it. The nurse came in after to have him sign something and he asked us all how to spell Abraham Lincoln - like he was totally thinking he was Abe. I love seeing people all crazy like that - so I'm glad Ben gave you (and me) some good laughs. I hope he's enjoying his Robot Tooth.
Sheesh. Poor buddy. I'm glad he doesn't remember any of it! I still can't believe he screamed through the whole thing. So glad for you you couldn't hear it!
oh my heck if you had heard that you would've been bawling too so it's a good thing. poor kiddo but nothing to worry about if he doesn't remember it....
Man, I would have cried just handing my kid over. I agree on the "drugged kids are funny" part. When I worked as a dental assistant, I had this one quite loopy little kid profess his love for me. It came out like a slurred proposal, although he did get my name right. I think he was five.
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