Monday, April 14, 2014

Jesse got her braces on!

Yes, today was the day Jesse got braces on. We took her in this morning. She was fine (with the pain) until this afternoon, when the Tylenol started wearing off. She has been eating, somewhat. Tonight for dinner we had Chinese food and she had the noodles. Poor girl could not eat her eggroll; they are her favorite food ever!

I have to say, so far, we are really impressed by Dr. Jernigan. Our first visit was in his brand new building, and it is beautiful. You can tell he really took his patients and their families into consideration with the design. He also has a new 3D imaging machine (I can't recall the exact name) that not only has "a fraction of the radiation" of his old 2D machine, but it also means no more "molds" of your mouth. Jesse actually saw a video of it and was glad she was not going to have to do that.

We were sitting around the living room when the phone rang about twenty-five minutes ago. It was Dr. Jernigan. Not one of his employees, but the man himself! He was calling to check on Jesse. Amazing! I'm so glad we didn't listen to the girls' dentist or mine (neither recommended Dr. J. even though he is on our insurance provider's list). What sold us was everyone we talked to, two close friends of mine and several of John's co-workers all used him and highly recommended him. I'm so glad we listened to friends rather than those who may have been trying to line their own pockets.

Here she is!


 

Yes, she is making faces at me. What else did you expect? lol

3 comments:

Courtney said...

I hope her mouth feels better soon! Brit and Tyler had a lot of pain with their braces, too, but I've told them that it will go by fast and will be so worth it. Tyler should get his off in August and Brittany sometime next spring. AMAZING the changes the braces have made!

Marsha said...

Courtney, she said they are feeling better today. She is happy just knowing she is now allowed to have mac and cheese everyday for a week, if that is what she wants.

Wendy said...

Congrats Jesse! You'll be enjoying a beautiful smile before you know it. I'm so jealous that y'all get to see Dr. Jernigan. We went to him on our previous insurance but he's not covered on our current plan :( I'm not thrilled with our ortho but hopefully the boys will get beautiful smiles some day no matter what. :)

I am shocked that you make those faces at your mother, Jesse! ;-)