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December 7, 2006
Freakishly Strong
After today, I am not going to worry so much about my son defending himself.
When it came time to put the lidocaine shot in to numb his mouth he started freaking out. It took the doc, two techs and me laying across his legs and holding his hands down to get him still enough for the injection. The dentist, as pissed off as he was getting, was nice enough to only put in 2 cc of the stuff, then wait a few to put the rest into the numbed area.
Just before all this went down, the tech had told me I should go to the waiting room... "Uh... no. Not a god idea." She told me some kids do better that way. When I promptly let her know they stood no chance of getting him to co-operate without me there... I think she mistook me for one of those over-protective nervous mothers who get all weepy at the sight of their kids blood or shrieks of pain. Silly bitch. I wanted to fucking punch her. She lost control of my freakishly strong child 3 times before I got involved, pinning his lower body to the chair. Silly, silly bitch. I got kicked in the tit twice, and my son tried to break my finger twisting his hands away. I should have let her take his lower body, and let her titties get bruised.
I can't wait until the next appointment. I think it will be K2's turn to take him... so that no one gets hurt, and I am not the only one in his young memory associated with the trauma of dentistry.
Posted by TheFreud at December 7, 2006 12:18 PM
Comments
I had the same idiot helping me with my son's immunizations. Why don't they listen?
Posted by: Lou at December 8, 2006 5:58 PM
I can tell you this much: the reasons they want you out is because they don't want to hear you yapping and they want you to stay the hell out of their way.
I know this from experience. Screw 'em. Don't leave.
Posted by: Denise at December 11, 2006 2:33 AM
Actually, as a former Registered Dental Assistant and Dental Office Manager - I am also a huge advocate of the pediatric patient's rights... and if he is that upset over a dental appointment, then ask your dentist for a premed. It will relax him and make him a little sleepy, he should get through just fine, then. Otherwise, this sort of trauma can lead to an adult who avoids going to the dentist and ends up losing all of his teeth long before it is necessary. I've seen it happen... far too often.
Posted by: Amy at December 20, 2006 5:18 PM
