The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

Welllllll, I must say right off I'm NOT a dentist.

I am however a mother.

With a child who is hurting....

Because she still has a tooth that is turned around BACKWARD in her mouth!!!

The dentist decided that the tooth DOES need to come out but they want to have it come out by itself.....FOR NOW.

They want her to wiggle it, work it, push it, shove it, force it out.

Right.

Did I mention "it huuuurrrrrttts!"? And that it's swollen?

Sooooo, if it hasn't come out in 2 weeks then we get to schedule the extraction. Oh and did I mention that they didn't do it today because it takes a while? And did I also mention that they had "a while" because their next appointment (who is my lovable B) had cancelled? Yeah.

Thanks for that dentist person! Thanks for the sleepless night that my child is having. Thanks for the weeping, the wailing, the *gentle* gnashing of teeth. Thanks for the guilt I feel for being at work while she is miserable. Thanks for the frustration and helplessness my hubs is feeling because of his daughter's suffering. Thanks for the person my child will be in the morning from lack of sleep. Thank you for all of this; we owe this all to you and your *busy* schedule; we wouldn't be doing this without you. And that my friends is the tooth; the whole tooth and nothing but the TOOTH! *mwah*