As many of you already know Conner was blessed with to many teeth in his mouth. Our lil shark boy! Normally having more or to many of something is a good thing, but unfortunately in this case it is not good, and quite a problem. Conner is at the stage where his teeth are falling out all over the place, which is exactly what they should be doing. But instead of having a set of baby teeth to fall out and then having one set of adult teeth, he has two extra baby teeth in the same area. You would never notice that this was going on in his gum's just by looking at him, so luckily at a routine cleaning his dentist notice one extra tooth on his new x-rays.
So after a referral to an awesome oral surgeon we went and met with him a few weeks ago. He found out that there are two extra teeth both over his front baby tooth (that hasn't fallen out yet, because of this). We have been waiting and praying like crazy since then trying to figure out if our insurance will cover it, and if so how much will be covered. We did get an estimate of about how much this kind of particular surgery would cost, and Mark and I were not looking forward to trying to work that into our budget :) But it has to be done! Yesterday we got a call from the surgeons office where the sweet lady there has been tackling our insurance for us (which is awesome that we didn't have to!), and she informed us that they are willing to cover the entire thing!!! WHAT?! Yup that's right EVERYTHING! Which to me is ridiculous, but such an answer to prayer, and it will for sure make this entire process that much easier (at least on our wallets).
So with that figured out we were ready to make an appointment. His surgery will be on January the 4th at 10 a.m. I'm thankful that's it's in the morning seeing as he doesn't get to eat anything after dinner the night before, we are not looking forward to that, with the kid that eats ALL the time! Mark and I will both be there for the surgery which he will be fully under for, and should only take about an hour or two. Then we get to bring our groggy guy home and once he's feeling up to it he will get smoothie's and milkshakes to sip on. He is very excited about the thought of that! He will go to school on Monday the 3rd and get a homework packet for the week as well as any other work or activities that he will miss so that we can work on things a bit when he is feeling up to it. Luckily missing 4 days of school for him will be no big deal since he is always ahead of the game and he would never let himself get behind.
Our big hope is that obviously the surgery itself will go perfect, but also for the development of his mouth post-op. We are sooo praying that after these little extra teeth are removed that the rest of his teeth will be able to continue to fall out and grow where they need to. And that his front adult tooth will be able to come down naturally on it's own into place, without the need for any kind of braces.
We would love some serious prayers on January 4th, and the doctors prepare for surgery, and for Conner and his anxiety, that he would just be able to be calm and relax, and trust that God will watch over him and protect him. And also prayers for the healing in his mouth, and prayers for the movement of his teeth after all is done. Thank you, I will post again I'm sure as this happens!
