These past few weeks have been crazy!
Catching up last Wednesday, Nikolai was hurt playing football with his brother in the yard. He cried and kept saying his shoulder hurt.
We couldn't see anything wrong, so we decided to wait a day to see if it was just a sore muscle..well Friday, I took him to the Doctor and yep a broken clavicle. Split right in two. Poor Nikolai, his football season has ended and he will be wearing a brace for a few weeks.
On Wednesday, Oksana went in for outpatient surgery to remove an abcessed tooth in her cleft line. When they came to me to sign the paperwork, they said they were extracting two permanent teeth. Then they said they were also taking her two front baby teeth.
Of course, I wasn't prepared for THAT notion and tears welled in my eyes, as I thought of her without her teeth for years! The Oral Surgeon said it would be best, to help her permanent front ones come down. Well after surgery, he said he only removed one of her front teeth and the two others. (so that was a little relief)
Slowly she came off the anesthesia, miserable of course. I gave her a little juice, and then we sat her on the bed. Right before they were getting ready to take out her IV to be released, she began to throw up mass amounts of blood and from her nose.
The nurses were alarmed, as well as me, and they ran around in nurse fast mode. The Oral Surg came in, checked her out, and said the cleft kids often have lots of blood when extracting the teeth. He said he would stay around a while, just in case, and to call him if she did it again. So, we waited. She did seem lethargic but time had passed and she drank a little juice.
As she was getting ready to possibly go home a second time, it happened again.
Blood everywhere. Talk about ALARM!
At this point, the ansetheologist came to see what was happening. She said she was reacting to the anesthesia (no kidding) and gave her a drug to control naseua and we waited...and waited...five hours post extraction. Finally, she began to show her bubbly personality again and she was so positive about going home. So, they decided to release her.
On the way home, it happened again. Not as much as before, but still blood in the van, carseat and on her clothes.
I took her home and let her sleep, where she finally began to get better.
Now, she is very proud that she lost her front tooth before her big brother Nikolai lost his!
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6 comments:
Oh no - the "paralyzer" got hurt?! Poor guy! I hope he heals fast and feels better very soon. And what an ordeal for Oksana. I'm so glad she's feeling better.
Exciting times at your house, huh? I hope you guys have a good (uneventful) weekend!
Jennifer
Wow. Poor thing. Its yucky enough dealing with getting the teeth pulled, but to have that kind of reaction to the anesthesia just stinks. Hope both of the kids are feeling better soon.
Best wishes are prayers are headed your way for N and O to be feeling better soon! Poor things...and poor Mom and Dad!
poor kids - poor mom ~ hope they are on the road to recovery soon... Judy
Thanks for the comment on our blog. After reading your post, it sounds like you have had a week! Hope everyone is feeling better soon.
What a nightmare!!! I hope Oksana is feeling better now. I am not surprised she's excited that she lost a tooth before Nikolai. At least she found a positive side to the whole experience.
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