RHET AND JAICY

YUP, today we sent E in to the periodontist to get his gums cut up. I felt sooo bad. 

They told us it was a really simple procedure, that it would only take around 30 minutes. Basically before E left on his mission he had braces and they pulled two teeth to make room for his other teeth. Then he was leaving on his mission so they took his braces off and left the spaces. Once he married me, my mom (who has worked as an RDA at the orthodontist for 20+ years) told him he should get braces at her office. He was excited too though, the health of his teeth would be way worse with the gaps. Plus he is going to look fabulous (if you can imagine him looking any better :] ...brownie points?) Anyway, he got his braces on almost two years ago, and now it is almost time to get them off! The teeth have closed in on the gap, and it looks great, but the gums have been smushed in, and once the braces come off, they could stretch back out and push the teeth apart. Sooo he had to get some of the gums removed so that wouldn't happen. 

Totally gross and sounds painful to me, but he seems to be surviving. They put in stitches that he'll check on in a week. I got him a jamba juice and then dropped him at BART so he could go straight to work. I felt terrible, he could hardly talk and I talked to him an hour later and he hadn't touched his smoothie because he was still numb. I guess he seems to be doing okay. I'll make him a fabulous puree dinner tonight... or maybe just a muscle milk? :] We'll see. But he is fine. We survived. He wouldn't let me come in the office at all, for fear I would faint (not too far off, it happened when we picked Adelaide up from surgery once!!) but I was fine too, hilarious that he had to worry about me too.. :/ And now we only have 3.5 weeks until he gets his braces OFF for good. I am so excited for him. Hopefully you'll get a few more posts before then? :] All the best, J