Clara's Surgery

Clara's surgery went very well. Dr. Thomas ended up having to go ahead and take her two top front teeth, and a third tooth that was growing up into her palate. He said he will just build her smile himself. We are ok with that. :) We love, respect and trust Dr. Thomas wholeheartedly.

Update: My Aunt asked me some questions about her teeth and what was going to happen with them. I didn't realize I hadn't put that information in here. I was sooo tired, y'all.

So, Dr. Thomas is going to start by putting in temporary teeth by way of attaching them to her braces, then to her retainer and finally he will put in permanent teeth by screwing them into her upper jaw. This whole process will take anywhere from 2-3 years, I believe, from my own understanding.

We were 30 minutes late getting to Day Surgery, even though we got up early. We hit Atlanta work traffic and it took us over an hour to get there. They were calling us as we were coming off the elevator to sign in. I also forgot to bring her registration paper, but it was ok, they allowed us to sign in anyway, without having to do it all over again. (Cause Scottish Rite Rocks!)

We were only waiting for a little bit before they called us back to triage. Then we were in a room and within 25 minutes, they had her going back to surgery. She didn't even have a chance for the goofy juice to kick in. LOL

Me and Johnnie were starving, so we headed down to the Cafeteria to get breakfast. It was 10:00am. We got there, after a long walk, and they were closed until 11. Well, Dr. Thomas had said that the surgery would only take an hour and stressed that we should get back in the room asap. So we walked across the street to Northside Hospital but their cafe was closed too. They had a McDonald's though so we went there. :(

We got back in the room around 10:45 and ate our food. We were anticipating her to be back soon, but she ended up staying in surgery until about 11:35. She came in and she was awake and alert, in no pain or discomfort at all. It was an easy surgery for her, just as he said it would be.

We made sure she could handle liquids by mouth and she was discharged.

We've been home now for a while and she is in no pain at all. I gave her tylenol as a preventive measure anyway though. Better safe than sorry.

I'm very proud of her and how she handled herself today. She was very brave and never once worried or afraid. She was just like, "Let's get this going already." LOL

And now she's just worried about when she can eat solid food. :P

I am exhausted, so now we are going to watch a movie in bed with Clara. Goodnight Y'all :)