The Missing Tooth

Well, for the second time this week I will be taking Matthew to the dentist. A couple of years ago he lost his front tooth in a sledding accident and had to have a crown. Well, that crown chipped on the front top half back in April and the dentist filled it in, but the filling fell out and so I rescheduled him to go back to the dentist. Our appt. was this past Tuesday. On Monday night the whole crown fell out and so we took it to the dentist with us and she put it back on as a temporary until she could get us in to do another crown. Of course this happens with no insurance. She used permanent sticking stuff and said she didn't care if she had to saw it off when he came back in, she just didn't want it falling out on him again. This was all on Tuesday. Wednesday morning...it fell out again! So, I called Dr. Reese again and told her. She got her appt. book and moved some things around and is having us come in this morning to put on a new temp. and to get his new permanent one ordered. I feel so bad for Matthew. He had to go to youth last night with his front tooth gone. Most people didn't even know that he had a crown and was completely shocked to see him. He does look a little different.
The dentist we use really gives MMS'ers a discount. They don't charge us to do cleanings and so far haven't charged me anything for fixing Matthew's tooth. The crown is suppose to cost $625 but Dr. Reese said she is going to talk to the main doctor to see what kind of discount he can give us. Please pray that it is a good one. We hate having to pay for a second crown for the same tooth in such a short period but are very thankful that for the most part our children have been very healthy during their life and we haven't had a lot of medical expenses occur with them. Praise God for that!!
Please keep Matthew in your prayers too. He has went through a lot with this tooth thing and said he just wished that God would grow it back and that it would be all over. He is so young to have to deal with this but thank the Lord it isn't something worse.
Other than that, we are all doing pretty well. Scott has the touch of something but has been able to exercise all week and is pretty happy about that. We are settling down a bit and starting to feel more normal.
Miss you all,
Lela