It all started when Saralyn bumped her and it started bleeding. And, in Alma's world, that is the worst thing that could happen! Alma and the sight of blood do not mix - no matter how much I assured her she would be okay. She was positive it would bleed forever! Our sweet little girl is terrified of pain and she worried herself sick of how much it might hurt. This started on a Thursday. She wouldn't eat anything because it might hurt her tooth. By Friday, she was not eating or talking - ALL DAY! I could barely get her to drink anything. Friday night, Josh and I tried to hold her down and pull it out - well, I'm sure you can guess how well that went over. Needless to say, that tactic didn't work.Saturday morning she woke up crying because her stomach was hurting (having not eaten since Thursday morning, I would have been feeling the same way!) This broke my heart! I could see how badly she wanted to eat, but she was so scared that she wouldn't. We even made cookies to try and get her to eat and help pull the tooth out, but when they were done she just looked at them with this really sad face and walked away :( Anyway, I had been putting the dentist off because I just knew this extremely loose tooth would come out on it's own. Since that didn't seem to be happening, I luckily found a dentist that was open on Saturday until 12:00 that was able to squeeze us in (afterI called and broke down in tears becasue I didn't want my daughter to starve..I know, I am so much like her it's scary). Anyway, the dentist did an excellent job calming her down (he gave her a gas mask and turned on the cartoons) and before she knew it her tooth was out.
I actually had to tell her that it was gone because she didn't even feel it! So we survived. Saralyn was kind of funny because when we first arrived at the dentist, she kept asking me if she was going to get "poked" too. What a sweetie, she thought they were getting shots and she was worried! She really worries about her big sister, and Alma does the same for her. It's nice to see how much they really love eachother, even if they do have their "arguments" every now and then. :)
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Ohh, such a sad story, but with a happy ending. :)
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