It was a beautiful Thursday, all was going just like any other day; Mackenzie was at school and Nathan and I were at work. It was the end of my day and I was just about to settle behind my desk to do some last minute grading when I decided to check my cell phone to see if anyone had called me during the day. I started listening to my voicemails and at 1:00 my daughter's school had called me saying that I needed to call them back ASAP. Need I remind you that it was already 3:00 when I am listening to my messages. So, not knowing what the urgency was, I immediately hung up on my voicemails and dialed the number. Lo and behold, my daughter has somehow managed to pretty much knock out a front tooth. I don't even take the time to turn my computer off, and I am off and running to the exit door of my school; saying bye to my coworkers in mid-stride. Evidently, she somehow ran into a coat hook that is up on the wall where they place their jackets and backpacks. As soon as I get to the school, my precious daughter "she woman" proceeds to show me that her tooth is messed up. It is litterally sticking out of her mouth, still attached to her gums. There was not a tear in her eyes. So, we rush to the dentist office where Nathan is waiting on us. Again, Mackenzie says, "Look, daddy, my tooth is sticking out of my mouth. We get into the dentist office and wait for the assistant to call us back. There was no hope of saving the tooth, so, yep, you guessed it, it had to be extracted. Mackenzie got to pick out her color of "pig nose" - the one they put on for the nitrious gas. She chose a red one. She opened her mouth to let Dr. Jackson check it out without any hesitation. Once the nitrious kicked in, you couldn't get the girl to stop talking. I am so glad she handled that well. Next, came the numbing gel and the shot to "make the tooth go to sleep". Again, no hesitation on that. We had to sit there for about 5 minutes for the shot to take affect, and no more had Dr. Jackson walked back in the room, he was ready to pull the tooth. It took a good twisting and turning to get it out, but he succeeded. My baby was a champ through the whole thing.
So, we got home and she showed off her pig nose and tooth to everyone that was home. I did have some pictures of her tooth, but somehow, they got erased from my camera. So, that night, the tooth fairy visited and left her a special gift, being that it was about 4 years too early for her to be losing a tooth. And of course, I can't get the tooth back to recreate the pictures. I retook what I could without her tooth in her hand. These pictures were taken on Monday, May 26 after the incident on Thursday, May 21.
