Birthday Weekend Recap

To tell the truth, Ashlee had a bummer 9th birthday. On Friday morning she told me her front tooth was hurting. I thought it was her tooth that she broke 2 years ago (the lower half is fake)since sometimes it is sensitive. I decided to see how it was when she got home from school. She didn't mention anything after school and went to Activity Days. When she got home, we headed to Pier 49 to meet some friends for dinner. Ashlee was pretty quiet at dinner and wouldn't eat any pizza. I thought it was because she had treats at Activity Days and wasn't hungry.

On Saturday morning I was looking at Ashlee and she didn't look right. Half of her face looked swollen and when she talked or smiled, half of her face looked paralyzed. I immediately called the dentist and he said it sounded like an infection/abcessed tooth so he prescribed some antibiotics. He referred us to an endodontist for a possible root canal. Our plan of taking her out for her birthday dinner date that night was put off since she still wasn't in the mood for eating.

Sunday was her birthday. She got chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast {which was supposed to be "in bed" but she came upstairs while I was making them and didn't want to go back to bed :)} She was still a little swollen but then pain wasn't as bad. I looked a little closer at her teeth and realized there was an abcess on her gum above the tooth next to her front tooth so it looked like it wasn't her front tooth afterall.

After church we had Grandpa and Grandma Barton over for dinner. When it came time for presents and cake and ice cream, I realized the camera battery was dead. Rob grabbed my iPod and was able to get some video so we at least have some proof of her 9th birthday celebration. She wanted the Giant Cupcake with marble cake and chocolate frosting...your wish is my command!

This morning we saw the endodontist. He said the tooth looks healthy so he doesn't really know why there is so much infection around the root, plus the infection isn't in a normal place (it was around the middle of the root and not at the apex). He said looking at the xray that there is probably a 50/50 chance of saving the tooth. The root isn't fully formed yet so he didn't want to do a root canal. He drilled into the back side, cleaned out the infection, put some medicine into the tooth, and put a temporary filling in (which those are the beginning steps of a root canal). He said we will know in a month or two whether the infection completely goes away and if we can save the tooth. Depending on the development of the root at that point and if the infection goes away and if her tooth isn't still loose, he will finish the complete root canal.

So she's had a pretty bad birthday weekend but when the pain and swelling go down, she'll get to finish her birthday festivities with a dinner date with mom and dad.