Time to Spare

Today Jacob had an appointment at the oral surgeon for his second abscessed tooth. He needed an x-ray, which was taken with a state of the art machine that swirled around his head and then directly uploaded the results into his file via the computer:

I thought this was really cool. First of all, the technology of it was amazing. Then, I was amazed looking at the x-ray. Look at the metal spacer on the left hand of the screen (the thick white spot that looks like a mini frying pan) - that's where the previous abscessed tooth was. Then, look at the gum line - you can see his 6 year old molars about to poke through. They look like they're in little bubbles! Look at the middle front, bottom and top, and you can see his adult teeth behind the baby teeth. It reminds me of a shark mouth with all those rows of teeth! Plus, it's a 360 degree view, laid out flat, so the shape is odd. You can see it better in person, obviously, but you get the point.

The results are the same as last time - he will need to have surgery at the surgery center to remove the offensive tooth. It took two hours for them to tell us this, and have me sign a few forms. We were so bored, that I actually let Jacob take videos of himself running around the lobby with my phone. By that time, no one was left besides us! I'll spare you those videos, but here is one of him, rolling his eyes. He wanted to see what he looked like when his eyes rolled. If you think about it, you can never really see your own eyes roll, because if you're looking at yourself, you're looking straight into your own eyes! I know, I know... that was the deep conversation brought on by oral surgeon lobby boredom!

And last, but not least, here's a short video of Andrew walking with his push walker. It's one of his favorite toys these days. Thankfully, he is not yet walking without it. I'm not sure what the deal on his pants is...