As you might remember, Asher was born with two teeth. We had been told that either these were his baby teeth or just a calcium deposit that would likely disintegrate and he would get his baby teeth in. At about 2 months old the teeth started to fall apart. We were sure if these were his actual teeth or something else. Over time the teeth broke down until we could only see a little bit of them on the surface. But periodically they would bleed and we felt that they caused him some pain. We took him to the dentist at about the time that he should have been getting his teeth in, they took a look and said that his baby teeth should push through soon. So we waited.
After a few more months and no teeth coming in we went back. We were referred to a Pediatric Dentist and had to wait about 3 months before we could get in to see him. In that time Asher's Top four teeth came in, as did his other bottom two. But not the bottom baby teeth to replace the ones he was born with.
A couple months ago Gord and I took him to the Pediatric Dentist to have them looked at in hopes that they could tell us what was going on with them. They took an X-ray and found that those were indeed Asher's baby teeth and he wouldn't get any other teeth until his Adult teeth came in.
The Dentist said that we would have to get his teeth extracted in order to prevent infection later on. We had the choice of doing it in office or at the hospital. We chose to do it at the hospital because we didn't like the idea of having to hold him down for the procedure in office, as he would only be on vallum.
Yesterday was his surgery.
We got there at 7am, and after a few tests, a video, and Gord getting into a Dr. outfit we were on our way to the OR.
Gord went in with him to the Operating Room and stayed with him until he was asleep. The surgery itself only took 5 minutes but the whole this took about a half hour and he was back with us within an hour. We stayed at the hospital for a few hours and they we were able to come home.
The whole experience was actually pretty good, Asher was such a trooper and hardly ever complained about anything. In fact I don't think he cried at all the whole time.
This morning he seems to be back to normal and is pretty happy and has a good appetite although he is restricted to baby food, soy yogurt and soy pudding for the most part!
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