Well, after Lucy’s face-first fall into the coffee table last fall (ha-ha), the dentist said to watch for a little pimple-like thing in her gums.  This would mean an abcess, and that the tooth was dead, and that it really needed to come out.  Guess what I found a few days ago!  So, in an appointment that I thought was merely for x-rays and evaluation – the dentist announces yesterday that he can take it out right then and there.  Um, yikes!  I remember my girl from only months ago who used to cry all the time, for various reasons.  How would she deal with this? 

She was AMAZING.  They gave her laughing gas, then the topical anesthesia, then the major shot in her gums, and the tooth was out in 6 minutes.  I can’t believe she was so brave and calm – thank you God!