Polar Plunge 2016 & Sophie's 2nd Mouth Surgery

 My Dad & Tyler have done a Polar Plunge on New Years Day for YEARS! Last year Karter did it with them & this year Sophie & Brandon decided they would join in.  There has been a lot going on, so it was post-poned until this past Tuesday night. 

 I kept telling both kids they didn't have to do it, but they wanted to.  Heidi wanted no part in it.

I got some videos.... Karter loved it.... he actually did it twice.  Sophie chickend out.... twice.... and in the last video when she actually went, she was basically walking on water.

 Poor thing... took her a few minutes to get warm and calmed down....

A warm bath did the trick....

I'm not sure if you remember, but Sophie had her 1st mouth surgery in November.  We were hoping to finish this past Tuesday, but a week before surgery she developed (or I found rather.... because she never complained) a HUGE abscess.

This was what it looked like after being on an antibiotic for about a week.

We were there bright and early Tuesday morning and they took us back pretty much immediately.  When they first take us back, they check all her vitals and then give her some sleepy medicine to drink.... and then wait a few minutes and bring her more to drink.  It makes her VERY loopy.

 This was after her first drink.  She was used to taking her antibiotic in one quick swing, so she chugged this medicine the same way, but it was more than she thought.  She spit it all over herself and Kyle's leg. 

 After the second drink it didn't take long before she was feeling REAL good and was carried off to surgery.

 They came and talked to us several times during the procedure.  Because of the abscess, they had to give her a lot more anesthesia than usual.  Usually when people have an abscess they can't get fully numb in that area.  Thankfully they were able to give her enough anesthesia that she didn't feel anything.  They had to go in and cut the abscess off/out.  They couldn't stitch it because it needed to drain.  She said it was one of the biggest she had seen in a while.

Poor baby.

Bad thing is because of all the anesthesia they had to give her to do the abscess, they couldn't finish everything that needed to be done, so we'll go back Tuesday to finish.  They ended up doing 4 root canals/4 crowns and cut out the abscess.  She is hoping to save the abscessed tooth, but there is a possibility that she will have to pull it.

This was when they brought her back to us......

 ..... she slept the entire way home and thankfully didn't bleed out.  With her first surgery we got a call that Karter was running fever.  Thankfully my Dad was able to go get him.  This time we got a call that Heidi was running fever.  Thankfully my Dad was able to get her.  It ends up that she has strep throat :(.

 Soph did good the rest of the day Tuesday.  She was her normal silly self.....

 She wanted to go to school yesterday, but as we were getting ready I could just tell she was in a lot of pain and her mouth was still very swollen.  She stayed home with her Daddy and Heidi while I went to Birmingham :).....

She is much better today and the swelling is down. And for the record.... she LOVES her silver teeth :)!