What a week!!!

This week started out going well, Joey went to school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

To make a long story short Joey had been having some problems with his teeth, on New Years Eve we went to the Pediatric Dentist at Metro Dental and Joey had a tooth that was so infected they had to extract it; in order to do this they gave Joey laughing gas and also put him in something like a straightjacket. It was a terrible experience for him and myself. We went to the U of M Dental Clinic in early January and they said that in order to do all of the dental work that Joey needed done they would have to do so in the Operating Room (OR). They put us on a cancellation list and ended up calling on Wednesday February 3rd saying that they had an appointment open the next day the 4th of February; I took the appointment and had him in on Wednesday for his pre-op physical. We were told to be at the U yeterday at 8:00 AM and surgery would start at 10:00 AM; they ended up not getting started until 11:03 AM. I was able to go with him back to the OR until he was put under, I was very happy to be able to do this but it was also heartbreaking seeing the look of total fear in Joey's eyes; I tried to explain to him what was happening but he just did not understand. He was in the OR for 2 hours; they ended up doing 5 crowns, 4 fillings and a cleaning. Most of the doctors and nurses were wonderful. The doctor came out to get me when Joey was just waking up in recovery and I could hear him screaming from way down the hall. When I walked in the room there were two nurses trying to get Joey to stay in the bed and not pull his IV out; which he was trying very hard to do. He was in reovery for almost two hours. We left the hospital at around 3:00 PM. Joey did pretty well last night; he slept through the night and woke up this morning doing okay. It was a long day yesterday and I am so glad that it is over; I only pray that we never have to go through that again.

I would like to thank my wonderful Mom and Sister for being there to support Joey and I and also for watching Abby and David.

Joey is so lucky to have so many people that love and support him. He is an amazing little guy.