So, yesterday I took Kayla in to see a dentist that would be able to do her work at the hospital. She will definitely need to be sedated. I have noticed cavities in her teeth for awhile, but was waiting for her to get better. . . before all of this erupted. So, now that she has a port and is doing chemo, dental work gets more complicated.
I talked to the dentist on Tuesday and he sounded pretty confident that he would be able to examine her teeth despite what I told him about how she will not even sit in a chair at the dentist and is not very cooperative in general with doctors. :) So, we went in yesterday morning and after waiting for a very long time we got in to see the dentist. He had her sit on my lap and I held her arms down - he examined her teeth for about three minutes while she screamed her ear piercing scream.
She has 7 cavities that will either need to be filled or crowned, but nothing is totally urgent that it needs to get done right away. That was a relief to me because I can see a couple of her cavities and it looks worse to me than I guess it really is. The best time to do the work with her treatment plan would have been in the last two weeks--before today. Since we missed that window, the next best time will be in about a month or so when she is finished with the induction phase of her treatment. After that we will have a short break and then start into the maintenance phase. So, I now will just wait to hear from the dentist, or the MSTI clinic to tell me when she is scheduled to have her dental work done. I have to admit it is very nice not to have to worry about scheduling all of these things. The nurse takes care of it and then just calls and lets me know what will happen.
The second part of our day had to do with Benson. He woke up with this awful rash all over his body. Great. So, on the way to the dentist, I was calling the pediatrician to make Benson an appointment. Kayla and I got back from the dentist around 11:30AM (it was in Boise) and Benson's appointment was at 1:30PM. So, I picked up Lily and Benson from my friend's house and took them home, got everyone lunch and put Benson down for a quick nap before his appointment.
A wonderful young woman in our ward has volunteered to babysit for us whenever we need it for free for the entire year of Kayla's treatment. She is home-schooled and that has been an incredible blessing because I have needed so many babysitters during the middle of the day who can come to my house. She has come to my rescue multiple times already!! Thank you Megan!! So, she came over to stay with Lily and Kayla while I took Benson to the doctor.
Benson has been on amoxicillin for his ear infection (and maybe for the bronchiolitis) for the past week and a half (if you are curious about Day of Doctors part 1, click here). So, his rash is apparently an allergic reaction from the antibiotics. He is not contagious or anything (thank goodness) but his rash will take about 4-5 days to go away.
And now today is our clinic day, so my next post will cover that. :)
I am so glad you have such a wonderful young woman to help with babysitting... I think of you often and wish I was closer to help...You are amazing! thanks for sharing your journey. :)
ReplyDeleteAri had the same reaction a couple years ago. I found it strange because she was right at the end of her dosage, like a week into the meds when she came home from school with the rash. I am glad it wasn't a new illness.
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