Elizabeth had been complaining of teeth pain. So I took her to the dentist. He looked and saw that she had a few cavities. But because of her young age holding her down even with laughing gas while they did all the work was going to take time and energy, and be traumatic. So me and the dentist decided that putting her under anesthesia would be the best move.
So I packed up some stuff for the kids to do while waiting, We had to be there right around 9:30 AM. The dentist that would be doing the work came and introduced himself and explained the work they would be doing. (she was going to have some cavities worked on and then not quite a root canal done on one tooth, and then would need to have a couple of caps put on. Jake was super worried it would be several thousand dollars. But with insurance, and including the $400 we have to pay out of pocket to the anesthesiologist, it cost around $700 bucks. Yes that is a lot of baby teeth that will eventually fall out, but all the work was on her back teeth and those teeth stay in the longest.) Then the anesthesiologist came out and introduced himself and showed Lizzy his special thing and made her feel comfortable with him while in my presence, which I appreciated. He then took her back. She was back there for about 45 minutes having the work done before they brought me back to see her when it was all done.
During this time William played with cars and stickers and the little slime they gave him from the dentist toy vending machine. There were a couple other kids in the waiting room and two of them were so bored, they had no toys or anything at all, that I felt bad. So I gave them stickers too.
I went back to see Lizzy and almost immediately after I got back there she started crying and screaming. Apparently for young kids coming off anesthesia this is pretty common. (The nurse who was staying with me in the room was there to make sure she didn't have any complications coming off anesthesia kept reassuring me this was normal and as she woke up more and more she would be ok. I wasn't concerned or worried. But by her reaction and words she said, she has had parents who have reacted badly to the kids reaction.) I just kept holding her and talking to her, but she kept screaming louder and louder. The wonderful nurse helped me get William in the car since I carried Lizzy. She probably screamed for a good 30-45 minutes while coming off the anesthesia. By the time we got to Roxberry to get her a smoothie like I promised, She had calmed down quite a bit.
Her screams just broke my mama heart. Wished there was more for her that I could do. I called Lydia while she was screaming and Jake so they could here this for themselves. It was heart wrenching for me. This sad and in pain scream crying for help is what it sounded like.
She wasn't allowed to walk by herself for several hours. And even when she attempted it she stumbled around. So I held her on the couch watching a movie for a while after we got home.
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