Give Me a "Break"

So this is supposed to be the post that I wrote last week about what we did on spring break, however I was preoccupied last week with a different sort of "break". Last Sunday night, Trey began running a fever. No other symptoms, just a fever. His fever continued for the next 3 days, where if he was medicated (ibuprofen, tylenol) he was fine, but as soon as the meds wore off he was miserable again. I asked him countless times if his ears hurt, if his throat hurt, if he had any pain anywhere, to which he always replied no. So after 3 days of fever and quarantining ourselves at home, I finally decided to take him into the doctor. At the doctor everything checked out just fine and he said it was probably just one of those viruses that only has a fever. However, upon returning home I felt there still might be something causing his fever. A couple of weeks ago Trey fell after trying to do a superman on the swingset and knocked his front bottom tooth loose. It was loose, but I was hoping that it would settle back in.

Well, after talking to one of my dentists, Leigh on Wednesday afternoon and telling her about Trey's fever, she immediately told me to get him to a dentist, that the fever might be caused by his loose tooth. Mind you Trey has only complained 2-3 times during the last 3 weeks about his tooth, so I really wasn't too worried about it. That afternoon I was able to get him seen by a pediatric dentist who after an x-ray said Trey had a broken tooth and that it needed to come out and that there was now infection around the tooth, hence the fever. Sounds easy enough, right??? Not with a 3 year old who will not do anything he doesn't want to do without a fight. So after an attempt by the oral surgeon to remove the tooth without sedation (Trey threw a fit), we have decided that Trey will be put to sleep for the tooth removal and that it will be done this Friday. He is slowly but surely warming up to the idea of getting his tooth removed, however, I do believe that sedation is definitely necessary. His fever is now gone, thanks to good old amoxicillin, and he is feeling much better.

He is so funny though. When we broke the news to him that he would have to have his tooth out, he was sure that he wouldn't be able to talk, like Adison, because he would be missing teeth like baby Adison. We have assured him that he will still be able to eat and to talk despite a missing tooth, so today he announced that I could pull it out if I wanted to. This has definitely been a learning experience...we just hope that all goes well on Friday.

As for the spring break post...it's coming, soon!