Monday, June 20, 2011

Surgery Day

Fatima was at the oral surgeon at 8am this morning.  Dr. Andrew Skigen successfully extracted four permanent molars to make room for all of her teeth.  She was put under a light anesthesia and it took her a while to come completely out of it, but once awake she was able to walk to the car with help.  Aria, our interpreter, was with us the entire time and came home with us to help out.  She explained to Fatima why her mouth felt funny.  Fatima asked if they replaced her old teeth with false teeth!  I guess that's a good question.  For a child who has never been to a dentist before, she must have a LOT of questions.  I got her an ice dream from Chicfila which she really enjoyed.  The only bad part was when she got a little sick from all of the blood and then her pain meds on top of that.  This upset her a little but then she was fine.  She kept going back to the bathroom to rinse and spit, which you are not supposed to do, but she did not understand why I kept telling her no.  Things have stopped bleeding now and it looks pretty good.  I think she will be back to normal by tomorrow.

She misses Grace.  She and Cole went on a mission trip to New Orleans this week.  I think it will be a good bonding time for Rebekah and Fatima.  We have a couple of fun things planned for later in the week.  Fatima has been trying to teach Bekah some Dari and I was trying to learn some today from Aria.  I just can't get that "kh" sound.  She was laughing at me.  I am part Arab, but I didn't get that natural dialect.  I am learning the basics...hello, bye, hungry, bath, bedtime, etc...I do a lot of sign language.  Well, it's more like charades!

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