Then in January, we thought that he bumped his chin and that it was just swollen.
A few weeks ago, Alex came down with Hand-Foot-Mouth disease, and had blisters and bumps all over his hands, feet, and mouth.
Well, one of the sores in his mouth didn't go away and we thought that it might be infected... so we took him to the dentist...
... and it is infected and needs to be extracted.
Oh joy.
He told us that the infection manifests itself in one of two ways: 1) a pocket of infection at the base of the gum under the tooth (as shown in the pic), or 2) the chin can swell like there is a golf ball under his skin...
... oh wait, that explains the swelling that he had in January, as well as the swelling last week.
So, needless to say, we are making plans to get it extracted.
We'll keep you updated.
2 comments:
HOLY MOLY! Talk about a blog marathon! It's about time you posted! Poor little Alex, that looks sore. He's dang tough! Let us know how the ext goes! We like yucky stuff like that around here.
I hope everything goes well with Alex's extraction. Good luck buddy, hang in there.
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