Seth Again

Today we went back to the doctor and dentist. The doctor removed the stitches in Seth's chin and lip. This was a little painful for him as the chin had scabbed over one of the stitches, and of course the lip skin is just so very thin and tender. He made it through that like the tough guy that he is. We weren't sure what would happen at the dentist. She was able to get a good x-ray and found that the apex of the tooth, which is the very top part that is in the bone, is not fully developed yet so it is not possible to do a root canal. She sealed the exposed nerve on the broken edge of the tooth in hopes that it can be saved and the remaining portion of the tooth will stay alive and the root can continue to develop. She was only partly hopeful that this will be possible, because of how high the tooth was broken off, exposing the nerve, and the fact that it is so many days after the fact that it was sealed. She then proceded to build up the tooth with a resin material... I was not expecting this and so was pleasantly surprised. The result left Seth with a tooth that is not quite as long as the other, but she did that on purpose so that it will be a little stronger. It is sort of a temporary fix, dependant on whether the nerve lives. It may last him several years. We need to wait and see how the tooth does. Please pray with us that the tooth can stay alive in spite of the trauma it has suffered!