Bravery

This Tuesday, I took Joan back to the dentist for her last check up. She is cavity free now and doesn't need to go back for about 4 months. Yay Joan!
Jomar also went to the dentist with us to have a tooth pulled. Last week, his cheek started to swell with infection from a bad tooth. Dentist Diane saw him last Thursday to prescribe an antibiotic for him. Without the antibiotic to kill the infection before the pulling, the novocaine wouldn't work to kill the pain.

I was very nervous about this appointment. With Jomar's physically abusive background, he tends to be a quiet child and I was afraid if he felt pain he wouldn't say anything and shut down on us. He was very brave! And Dentist Diane was wonderful. She talked to Jomar the whole time and told him what she was doing and told him if he felt any pain to raise his hand. After the tooth was out, Jomar sat with me for a few minutes and then squatted against the wall and wouldn't talk to us or look at us for about 5 minutes. Then he quickly emotionally came back to us, picked a toy out of Dentist Diane's toy box and I took him to McDonald's for ice cream. I praise the Lord for protecting this boy and for providing a great Dentist to take care of him.