Lingual Frenectomy time!

Ok......I have no idea if I spelled that right, but here are the long-awaited "Before" and "After" pictures of Audriana's tongue-tie fix today. Long-awaited? Yah right....only family will appreciate this, so if anyone doesn't want to see it, just scroll down to the end of this post. I was so impressed by her bravery! She never once whimpered or complained about anything. She definitly gets a gold star for today (and a little chocolate ice cream to boot!).

BEFORE....

See that little piece of skin that is connected almost to the very front of her mouth? That was the problem that the dentist wanted to fix before it became a problem later. By the way, you can click on any of these pictures and it will enlarge them so you can really see it.

AFTER.....

sorry if this is a little gross....I find it totally amazing and interesting!

Home now and Doctor's Orders that she eat only ice cream and cold, soft things for 2 days. She's not complaining one bit! Her first choice was a bowl of chocolate ice cream!

Sofia thought that she needed to be "sick" too, so she snuggled up on the couch with Audriana and had a banana popsicle. I think she had more goodies today than Audriana did - that little stinker!

All in all, everything went very well. Aside from me getting a little nervous during the 30 minute surgery, everything else fell right into place. Dr. Collins was so awesome and he totally impressed me tonight when he called from his home to check on Audriana! How cool is that! I was shocked. He told me that he was so impressed by her and that she was such a great patient. He also said that her tongue-tie was as bad as they can get and that he was glad that we did this before she got any older.

The other funny thing that happened today is that the Dr. told me that Audriana would definitly be tired today and would probably sleep most of the day on and off (especially with the help of her prescription of Tylenol with Codein). Well she laid down on the couch for about 2 hours -- never fell asleep, just played her little Webkinz games and watched Caillou. After 2 hours, she had had quite enough of the relaxing and resting that the dr ordered. She wanted to get outside and play! We told her "no" and that she needed to rest, but we couldn't keep her down. Then it was off to the backyard to play with "the kids" for most of the afternoon. You would never have known that she had surgery this morning! Ahhh....to be young again and to be able to bounce back so quickly! :-)

Cameron and Sofia chillin' out in the front yard!