Turns out, the kids are brushing their teeth very well. Claire is managing okay, I guess. But Sophie and Johnny had so many cavities that they had to be scheduled for some serious dental work under sedation. Poor things. Danny and I opted to schedule them for the same time and just get it over with. So we went between the kids making sure they were okay. Johnny ended up needing Versed via IV to actually put him to sleep, but Sophie was able to avoid the IV.
It was a rough experience when they both started to wake up. Johnny had a hard time, he kept waking up from the pain, but not being able to stay awake. He kept wanting me to take a picture. :) Sophie struggled more though. She just cried and cried and cried. She was rather disoriented when she discovered that her front two teeth were missing. That wasn't part of the original plan, but the dentist felt it best to extract those to avoid them falling out while he was working on her other teeth. She was distraught about them being gone, and understandably so! Once she calmed down, the nausea started. She spent the better part of the afternoon throwing up.
We were at the dentist for about eight hours. It was a long day! And a valuable lesson for us all in the value of daily dental hygiene. :)
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