God's protection
About noon today I got a phone call from Nate's school nurse saying there had been an accident. Nate had got on a treadmill in gym class not realizing that a classmate had adjusted the settings to a very high speed.. He lost his balance and broke his tooth.
His dentist was not in. Neither was mine. It took calling most of the dentists in our Verizon phone book to get a dentist that was even open on a Friday afternoon. That was so frustrating. We finally found one in Corning, about a half hour away. They were willing to fit him. We got called in about 5 minutes after we arrived. The dental assistant got the x ray she needed. The tooth was broken just below the nerve. Even in the busyness of the office, we were only in the office only about an hour.
The staff was very friendly, kind and helpful. I was very impressed. I'm honestly sort of glad we didn't have to deal with Nate's regular dentist. He's not very friendly at all.
I am angry something like this happened although I don't really think the boy meant to hurt Nate personally. Nate never indicated this boy was mean. I think it's more that he thought it would be funny to watch him go that fast. I don't think he understood the danger of it.
I'm thankful to God's protection over Nate. I know it could have been a lot worse. The tooth is still a serious thing though. We were warned that the nerve might die. Please pray with me that it doesn't. He's only 12 years old. I don't want him to have a root canal...now or ever!!!
I'm also thankful that Tim was willing to take the time out of his busy work schedule to help me find a dentist. Then when we finally found one (I was looking the numbers up. He was calling), he came home to pick up Anna and Elijah plus our neighbor from Nate's school.
I'm so blessed to have the family I do. I'm just sad Nate is hurting tonight.
His dentist was not in. Neither was mine. It took calling most of the dentists in our Verizon phone book to get a dentist that was even open on a Friday afternoon. That was so frustrating. We finally found one in Corning, about a half hour away. They were willing to fit him. We got called in about 5 minutes after we arrived. The dental assistant got the x ray she needed. The tooth was broken just below the nerve. Even in the busyness of the office, we were only in the office only about an hour.
The staff was very friendly, kind and helpful. I was very impressed. I'm honestly sort of glad we didn't have to deal with Nate's regular dentist. He's not very friendly at all.
I am angry something like this happened although I don't really think the boy meant to hurt Nate personally. Nate never indicated this boy was mean. I think it's more that he thought it would be funny to watch him go that fast. I don't think he understood the danger of it.
I'm thankful to God's protection over Nate. I know it could have been a lot worse. The tooth is still a serious thing though. We were warned that the nerve might die. Please pray with me that it doesn't. He's only 12 years old. I don't want him to have a root canal...now or ever!!!
I'm also thankful that Tim was willing to take the time out of his busy work schedule to help me find a dentist. Then when we finally found one (I was looking the numbers up. He was calling), he came home to pick up Anna and Elijah plus our neighbor from Nate's school.
I'm so blessed to have the family I do. I'm just sad Nate is hurting tonight.
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