dentist

So I finally found a regular dentist to look at Monkey's teeth last week. Look was about all Monkey would allow, but it was all the dentist needed to be able to tell that there was some teeth that needed to have work done on them. He figured there were four or five cavities. He contracts with an anesthesiologist that comes to his office and does IV sedation so we opted to go that route. We hope Monkey wouldn't have a terrible experience.
We lucked out and there had been a cancellation for the anesthesiologist so we were able to get Monkey back in today instead of a month or two down the road. I had a feeling that the dentists estimate was low on how many cavities Monkey has and unfortunately I was right. He ended up having 8 cavities fill, 2 root canals, and 2 crowns done.
Now I am very glad that we had the work done today, but I would not recommend doing it alone. Spencer is in St. Louis this week and so I had to go into town by myself. There was no one else to help when I had to tell Monkey that I could not feed him. It was the hardest when I was feeding Bub and myself lunch (I wouldn't have eaten but I was starting get light headed). He had been telling me that he was hungry from the time we left this morning. I probably should have woke him up this morning at 8:30 so that I could feed him. I decided that he is less fussy when he is hungry than when he is tired.
Spencer's sister watch Bub for me (Which I am so grateful for. I didn't call her until this morning.) Monkey was pretty upset that we were not staying to play. Then to have to hold him down while they gave him a shot of stuff to knock him out. The hardest part was turning him directly over to the anesthesiologist in the waiting room instead of in the examine room. I wasn't prepared for that. It is hard watching your son, who is drugged, being carried into another room.
He is happy now so I am guessing we made the right decision. I am exhausted, but he has been sleeping all afternoon so I doubt I will get to go to sleep anytime soon.