Where Have I Been???

The last week has been crazy busy for us!!!

Last Thursday, Mike had to have sugery on his mouth....ouch!!

He had an infection in his gum above his front teeth, and it was eating a hole in his gums. So we had to go to a specialist and he created a flap in his upper gum....I will spare you the details. Then I drove him to another specialist that cleaned out the infection, did a root canal on his front tooth, filled it with some stuff and then we were sent back to the first specialist we saw. He ended up doing a gum graft to cover the hole and he changed the little tissue thingy that attaches your lip to your gums. I know that all sounds so technical - but I didn't want to know any more...eeewwww!!!

It took about an hour for them to stitch him up. Then they glued a bandage over the surgical site that is suppose to remain there until next Monday. It is driving him nuts!!!

This picture was taken while we were waiting at the second docs office. He wasn't so happy to have his picture taken...but you can see some of the swelling. When it was all done, his top lip stuck way out from his bottom lip and it looked like a bad botox job!!

In total it took about 3 1/2 hours to get all the work done and travel back and forth. We are just glad it is done and he is recovering pretty quickly. He is just really uncomfortable with the bandage in his mouth. He can feel a few of the stitches which are also bothering him. The swelling has mostly gone away now that it has been 5 days....he just tends to be swollen in the morning when he wakes up. We go back next Monday for a follow up appointment and to have the bandaged removed.

We are hoping for good news and to know that the problem has been resolved - keep your fingers crossed for us!!