Grace has been in need of a frenectomy for quite a while now. We finally got 'er done, thanks to Doctor Townsend! It was a really easy procedure. He just numbed her up, cut her lip open, and pulled it out. He said she had enough in there for several people. She did get a little nervous when he was putting the needle in her mouth, but I went over and held her hand, and she got through it okay.
The doctor stitched her up, and noticed that her front tooth was loose (she lost the other front tooth in an elbowing incident with Matthew). He asked her if she wanted him to pull it out, which she replied emphatically, "No!". But being the awesome doctor that he is, he looked over at me, and I mouthed, "Do it!". So he did it, pretending that he was just wiggling it. She was so numb she didn't know the difference.
Then he asked her again if she wanted him to pull it. She again said, "No way." And then he said, "Would you be really mad at me if I already did it?" She said, "Yes." He just laughed, opened her hand, and dropped it in. She wasn't really mad.
She didn't even ever ask for any medicine at all, never complained about it being painful at all. She was a champ!
And someday (after many years of orthodontics), she will have perfectly straight teeth! We're already saving for that.
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