We’ve been taking Charles to the various medical inspections over the last couple of weeks, which has lead us to schedule some repair work on him.
First we went to the dentist, who told us that Charles doesn’t have enough mouth for the teeth he’s going to get. Sadly, he gets that from me — I still have teeth that overlap each other in my lower jaw, the one tiny flaw in my otherwise perfect physique. This means braces for Charles, first to widen his jaw and then others to straighten his teeth afterwards.
Unfortunately, the dentist told us that Charles has nasal problems that will negate most of the effect of the brace. Charles has always been kind of wheezy, but we figured he’d grow out of it. Turns out, he would, but too late for the braces.
Next stop was a nose specialist, who told us Charles had enlarged adenoids. These are little lymph like nodes which normally shrivel up and disappear as a child grows up. If they’re a problem, they’re dealt with as Mom deals with the little obstacles in her life — total annihilation. The procedure requires anesthetic but is done on an out patient basis, so Charles would be home the same day.
That day was originally today, but we got a call Tuesday saying that the anesthesiologist had been called out of town on an emergency and we would need to reschedule. So now we’re waiting for the next attempt at Charles repair, who seems rather blasé about the whole thing.
Um, watch out for the very stinky breath a few days after the adenoids come out. The doctors tell you it will happen, but it smells a bit like some small creature pooed in the kids mouth, and also decided to die there. I’m just sayin’!
So, if we let Charles stop brushing his teeth a week or two beforehand, it won’t seem as bad?