Tom had a tooth that never erupted through the skin. I knew about it from the time he was a teenager. The tooth was very close to the sinus and the oral surgeon said he didn't want to touch it.
Fast forward to this past summer. Tom had a dentist appointment and Laurie said he flinched as she cleaned his teeth and got near that spot. Dr. Walsh said it needed to come out.
I was to find an oral surgeon and there are just none that take his insurance. Oh wait, there's one in the Milwaukee area. Not driving down there. Then I thought about what it would cost and decided to make an appointment with the same oral surgeons that removed the wisdom teeth of all our children.
We went to have the tooth removed and the surgeon said the tooth was partially through and the x-ray she had didn't give her a very good look at the way the tooth was positioned. She wanted to do a 3-D scan which was only available on the east side clinic. I made a new appointment.
He had the tooth removed and I was told what a good patient he is. The 3-D scan was referred to several times during the procedure. So much so that the surgeon said we didn't have to pay for it. That's a savings of $200! Tom told us that the surgery was fun. What a guy. Who thinks being in pain is fun? I gave him drugs for pain for several days. Only once did he tell me that he had a little pain and that was about day 3.
I came home from watching Eddie the day after surgery to find this site. His ipad was still playing whatever he had on and he was sound asleep. He didn't even hear me come in the house.
In our testimony meeting he told everyone that he had Oreo surgery and it was fun but that he will never do it again! Apparently it wasn't all that fun after all. :-)
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