Monday, June 9, 2008

I just took one year off of your life....

so...
cal is 1 tooth lighter... the result of an abscessed decaying tooth...not a pretty sight.  But the boy is SO dramatic when it comes to pain...and this isn't a new thing.  from the soccer fields of 1st grade to today's dentist office, if he's in pain... everyone within earshot of him is gonna know about it.  
seriously... i could easily hear him screaming from the waiting room in the dentist office.  i knew not to be alarmed; over-screaming is his M.O., but i'd like to see that change.  He's got that gene I suppose but I'm hoping he'll grow out of that.  I'm not sure if it's a need for attention or a legitimate 'hair-trigger' pain threshold, but wow... I'm sure glad I was alone today in the waiting room or someone might've been tempted to dial 911.  It sounded as if the boy was on the machine that Buttercup's "man in black" was strapped to in "The Princess Bride".  I could just imagine the dentist as the 'six fingered man' asking Cal to describe how he felt afterward....

 "Interesting."  

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