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painting wooden spoons!
I felt like the doctor didn't believe me when he asked...well does he drink a lot of juice? Does once every few days count? Does he eat a lot of candy? Does a couple times a month count? Don't give him food or drink after brushing teeth before bed. Never done that. Don't let him have soda. Has never happened. Does he eat a lot of those "kid" yogurts? Never. I swear they went down the whole list and I could say with conviction that my kids don't eat a bunch of junk. It has to be genetics. Were any of your kids that way?
Anyway...I'm happy to have dental insurance and I am thankful that they are baby teeth. And I am making Doug take him for the fillings.
House of Earnest, I just knew my wooden utensils were meant for greater things. I gathered them up, scuffed the shiny ones a little with sandpaper and painted myself a rainbow.
food/baby/people safe shellac. I used regular non-toxic craft paint and was sure to keep my painted area pretty far from where it would come in contact with food on a regular basis.
And now to find the right way to display them in my kitchen....
76 comments:
- Amber said...
Aww, poor hoho (and mommy)! I know where you are coming from though. I have soft teeth and growing up I had a ton of fillings. And Parker is following in my foot steps. We floss everyday, brush twice a day, no juice or anything and he still ended up with a cavity and had to get a filling last month. We got his "big boy teeth" sealed so I hope that helps him. Don't beat yourself up! You do all that you can.
- March 14, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- house of earnest said...
wow! I love the color gradation you used! I bet these look amazing in your kitchen!
- March 14, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- Erica said...
So Sorry Crystal. Yes I do believe genes play a big part in your dental wellness. I came from a family who regularly went to the dentist, twice a year for cleanings didn't eat a bunch of junk, yet had cavities. My husband on the other hand loves his soda and has never had a single cavity. This last dentist trip I got the lecture from the dentist about foods that are horrible for your teeth, and what not to let your children eat, which like you I don't do either. While I kindly agreed but the back of my mind I was thinking that there are other factors that influence it too. I think your painted spoons were the perfect project for a day like that. Just seeing them improved my mood today.
- March 14, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Holly said...
Crystal, dont let your dentist make you feel bad. I work in the dental field and all of my kids have had cavities at a young age. Kids do seem to inherit their teeth from their parents.
As for those spoons, I will be painting mine this weekend! I LOVE that idea! So fun!
- March 14, 2012 at 9:35 AM
- Megan Bruch said...
This sounds SO much like our first dentist appointment last month. My son is 3 and he sometimes has juice with breakfast, but then we do water. No soda. Rarely do we eat sweets (he doesn't even like chocolate). We brush every night and most mornings. Yet - SEVEN cavities. Seven. I cried in the dentist's office. For real. (I'm pregnant, so I blamed it on that.) Now he has to be sedated for his fillings and I just feel like the worst mom ever. But yes, I have super soft teeth and always had a ton of cavities growing up. Genetics. Blah.
- March 14, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- Ben and Taryn said...
Ugh nothing like a dentist appointment to make us mom's feel even more inadequate. My poor kids have all had little cavities filled and a few big ones too. I really just wish the dentist people wouldn't be so belittling to us poor moms, we beat ourselves up about enough already. Please know you are not alone.
And super cute spoons!
- March 14, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- {northern cottage} said...
what a bright happy funky project - love it! xo
- March 14, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Anna said...
Oh, I feel your pain. My five year old went for her third appointment and she had cavities for the second time. Juice once a day (only at breakfast), no soda and minimal sweets.
My three year old, who had his first appointment last month and would live on sweets if I let him came out cavitiy free. What's up with that?
I've had major mommy guilt about it this week too. So, I'm right there with you.
- March 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM
- Courtney said...
I could have written this same exact post about the dentist!! My three year is in the same boat and I was so embarrassed and felt like the worst mom. I could have answered the dentist's questions just as you did, but to no avail - cavitites!! ARGH!! I need some good dental tips and tricks to keep the cavities away. Oh, and my husband is also taking my son for his fillings...hehe!
- March 14, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- Debi said...
Crystal dear, I hate dentists, they are cruel sometimes lol. I don't like them when they work on my teeth... but had one daughter who has NEVER had a cavity... and one who had ten by the time she was 4! She had to go to pediatric dentist... who drugged her, then let her cry and scream while she worked on her (dentist told me she was asleep!) Needless to say... I went back to be with her... they neither one got many sweets, or soda growing up. But youngest one (1 with all cavities) had asthma from the time she was four months old... to date. I think all of the steriods they put her on had alot to do with it... but what do you do? Sorry dentist was so belittling! (Do their kids ever have cavities? Do they work on their own kids so they don't have to have that sermon? Just makes you wonder sometimes...)Don't let em bug you!!
I love your spoons and great way to brighten your day!!
- March 14, 2012 at 5:07 PM
- Stephanie @ a scoop of sherbert said...
I'm 26 and still deal with the fact that I got my dad's teeth genes. My two older sisters NEVER had cavities. It was a good dentist visit for me if I only had ONE. shoot. I had a root canal in 3rd grade! You're not doing anything wrong. Somehow I still love going to the dentist. Hopefully your son feels the same way.....I might have been bribed with little treats for my bravery.
- March 14, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- Unknown said...
I have been looking for the perfect Room Mom gift and THIS IS IT!! Thank you soooo much! I ADORE these and will also be making my wooden spoons just this pretty! ;)
- March 14, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- Randi~Dukes and Duchesses said...
I have five kids and one of them has the WORST teeth. He's a twin so he and his twin have the same routine ... I help them brush, I floss them, we do anti-cavity rinse, and still he gets cavities while his twin has none. He even has caps on three of his baby molars and they make me feel so guilty! And we're the same ... no fruit snacks, no soda, no hard candy. Sometimes it really is just genetics.
On a happier note, I adore those spoons!!
- March 14, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- BeccaMarie said...
Oh... I've just read through all these comments after I read your post.
My stomach is all tied up in knots. My daughter's first dentist appointment is in two weeks... Oh dear...
I don't even know what else to say.
Thanks for the warning. I'm just still so confused at this whole mommy thing. What else can I be bad at?
(Okay, I also wanted to say that I love these spoons. You have a beautiful collection.)
- March 15, 2012 at 2:17 AM
- Lamb411 said...
Great spoons and a nice way to identify what is what, if you remember things by colour like I do. I colour code all my books on shelves because I can remember where things are by their colour!
- March 15, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Nichola said...
I'm in the same dental boat. My kidlet's teeth were deteriorating as soon as they came in. When I took him to the dentist I was told about the dangers of bottle rot... but he'd never had a bottle in his life and was completely breast fed. At one doctors appointment a nurse actually said to my son "What have you done to your teeth!" And I politely told her that he was seeing a specialist (who had said if they weren't bothering him to leave them alone) but what I felt like doing was slapping her. It's totally genetic and I'll be damned if I let any more dental "professionals" lecture me (or my kiddo) on something he can't control. Christ, would we be nagged for any other physical disorder that couldn't be helped? No. Good lord but I hate dentists.
P.S. Spoons are gorgeous!
- March 15, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- tracie c. said...
found your blog thru pinterest. your spoons are the colors of my favorite knife set... well my house actually. i live life on the whole color wheel it's fun to see when others do to :)
- March 15, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Jen Collins said...
I have the same problem with my son. But his dentist actually told me that "bad teeth" are genetic. My hubby has bad teeth and so does my son. Cheer up! I feel the same way after each visit to the dentist!
Btw, your spoons are too cute!!
- March 15, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Tina said...
how cute, love this idea! can't wait to try it. I think that even dipping them in rubber would be fun to try too.
- March 15, 2012 at 6:07 PM
- Laura said...
i am over the moon about these babies- and am SO Making them- thanks for the constant inspiration, you're amazing!
- March 15, 2012 at 11:52 PM
- Janna said...
Beyond adorable!!! So sorry for you and hoho's poor teeth:( But yes you are lucky you have dental ins (we don't, man it sucks!) And I would so send my husb to take him to get fillings:) I used to have to have him take some them for vaccines. Keep the inspiration coming Crystal - you are too impressive!!
- March 16, 2012 at 12:49 AM
Where did you get the paint perchance? And such a lovely collection of wooden spoons?
- March 16, 2012 at 10:11 AM
- Morgan said...
These are so adorable! I think I'm going to make some for a friend for a wedding gift. She would love these!
And I'm sorry so about the dentist. That sucks and wasn't nice of the dentist to lecture you. (Although some parents do probably need it.) It's probably very much genetics. My best friend's brothers had the same things going on. The older one almost never brushed his teeth, ate tons of sweets and drank soda, (they were in their teens when I knew them, so they controlled more of their own diet) and never had cavities. The younger one avoided those things and brushed his teeth religiously and had cavities all the time. I can still remember Pete whining about how unfair it was haha.
- March 16, 2012 at 11:51 AM
I have one kiddo with perfect beautiful teeth - although now that the permanent ones are coming in, they are a bit wonky ;) My second kiddo got the bad genes teeth. 2 came in as little nubs that quickly started to decay - they've been removed. She also has had several other cavities.
Love the spoons! I have fiesta ware - in all the colors. My spoons will be painted. Thanks for the fabulous idea via your link on pinterest!
- March 16, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- ~Kerri said...
~Gorgeous Spoons!~
I know you already got the lecture from your dentist but did they talk to you about grazing? Every time food enters the mouth, it alters the ph levels which basically increases the acid levels in the mouth. Acid very quickly attacks teeth and breakdown of the enamel begins. Kids that are 'grazers' are constantly increasing the acidity. (it takes 20min after eating for the acid levels to return to normal) If this is a habit your child may have, try to reduce the frequency of snackig and offer them cheese after their snack because cheese will help balance the ph in their mouth.
As well, carbohydrate foods put kids at an increased risk of getting cavities... cookies, crackers, chips etc stick into the tooth grooves and being a carbohydrate... break down into "sugar"... which sits on the tooth surface for long periods of time quickly breaking down the enamel.
It's great that your child doesn't get candy frequently. A little treat of plain dark chocolate can act as a treat and as a cavity fighter... (pure cocoa has been known to fight cavities!)
Because the teeth are tight together, the real answer is "floss"... but I'm sure you already had that ear full!! Good luck!!!
- March 16, 2012 at 12:02 PM
I LOVE your spoons and the colors you chose! Where did you find the wooden spoons for your project? They're so unique!
BTW, I'm terrified of this happening EVERY time we go to the dentist!!
- March 16, 2012 at 12:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi, I saw your awesome post on Pinterest, and I'm a new follower now. :) Don't beat yourself up. Once had a dentist berate me for having a whole load of cavities after pregnancy. He told me the whole pregnancy/cavity thing was a myth & that my problem was poor hygiene. I never had but 2 or 3 cavities in my life before that, so I found it hard to believe... when I told my OB/GYN about it, he laughed and said "OF COURSE it was from pregnancy, that's why women get osteoporosis in later years & dental issues after having babies. I got a better dentist after that, and he said that ALL dental issues (gums, teeth, etc.) are "99.99999% hereditary" so you can bet if your sone inherited those traits, that it has nothing to do with his diet! Hang in there! I really love this project; what a great way to brighten the kitchen without spending money on new utensils. Will definitely try with my wooden spoons. :)
- March 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM
I just read an article about the fact that kids are drinking less tap water which has the fluoride in it we need to prevent tooth decay/cavities. More and more of us are turning to bottled water as the #1 choice. Makes you think all that water straight from the hose wasn't so bad afterall lol ;) Very nice DIY!
- March 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM
- house of earnest said...
P.S. I saw that Oh Joy pinned your spoons :) go you!
- March 16, 2012 at 5:31 PM
I had the same kind of dental problems as a kid. I had good dental hygiene and a good diet, too. Eventually, my mom got desperate and made me brush my teeth immediately after every time I ate or drank anything that wasn't water (that came to 4 or 5 times a day) with a very soft toothbrush. It was a pain, but it did help.
It really sucks when you are doing everything you can to help keeps your kids safe and healthy and then something like this happens. I'm sorry that you had such a bad experience.
- March 16, 2012 at 7:29 PM
- JoAnna said...
Okay, so I just followed the Pinterest link too. :)
And I have to chime in...
I have hypoplasia. My daughter does too. It is a lack of enamel on our teeth. Her having it has nothing to do with me having it.
It has everything to do with both of us having incredibly high fevers when we were very young.
I just took her to the dentist last week. She's 7. Her "six year molars" literally came in WITH cavities already in them. Impossible? Apparently not. The fourth one is peeking, but not through the gum yet. The xray shows that it already has problems. The other three are brown & grey & very soft. She has to go back next month to get caps (pretty princess teeth, according to her) on the three & later for other one after its fully in.
She had RSV as an older infant & the dentist (who's also an oral surgeon) said the same thing that I've been told many times in my life. Hypoplasia. He even knew at what age different teeth are formed and asked what was going on in her life around x amount of months. I was like... wha???
Crazy meds can do some bizarre stuff to our teeth too.
My brother never had very high fevers & I swear didn't brush his teeth between 2nd and 11th grades... but pretty sure he's never had a cavity.
My mouth is mostly made up of metal & porcelain and like other commenters, I have been quite crazy about keeping my teeth clean & I'm not a grazer.
Just thought I'd share. :)
- March 17, 2012 at 12:59 AM
I was the kid with the good teeth, my sister had the rotten teeth--she had to get caps on her baby teeth just so she could eat. I liked going to the dentist, because I got to sit in the foyer and play with the toys while they tortured my sister. AND I got the same holographic sticker as a reward.
I love this idea for wooden utinsles--I might just have to swing by a thrift store and see what I can pick up in that department. And I'm imagining a bunch made with new spoons etc, as a housewarming gift. Thanks for the great idea!
- March 17, 2012 at 2:12 AM
- Maureensk said...
i have five kids. My oldest four are 13, 17, 19, and 20 and have NEVER had a single cavity (or sealants for that matter). My youngest, who is only 3, has had a bajiilion cavities. Three teeth have had to be pulled, they rotted so badly and quickly. All kids have had the same pediatric dentist, so he knows that I'm not an irresponsible mother. He tells me it is the bacteria in her mouth. The body's ability to keep the bacteria in a controlled state is somewhat genetic. It can also be affected by other people who give the child the bacteria, so if someone with a lot of cavities shares his/her bacteria, it can spread to the child. The one thing our dentist wants us to change is to have my daughter graze less. He says that every time you eat, your mouth PH becomes acidic, then gradually goes back to neutral. Grazers never give their mouth a chance to return to PH neutral. I'll admit, my youngest does graze, partly because she eats so many vegetables and fruits, she doesn't get enough calories to run on for very long. So I'm trying to get her to start having a bit more protein and fat with her meals in hopes that she can go longer without getting hungry. Also, sugarless gum with xylitol is really good right after meals, for preventing cavities.
- March 17, 2012 at 2:37 AM
Love, love this project, I'm off to buy some wooden spoons to paint! As for display: maybe a plain, clear, glass jar (or something) to hold them. A "bouquet" of spoons with the real focal point inside the "vase"!
- March 17, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Janna said...
Sorry about the bad news at the dentist. I have also been told what Maureen said above. And, someone else mentioned sealants on permanent teeth. Our pediatric dentist does not do sealants. He said that he did his research project during his pediatrics training on sealants, and he is against them. His reasons are that in order to completely seal the teeth, each tooth has to be completely dry at the time. He said that's next to impossible, so there will be little holes in the coverage. The holes allow bacteria in, and then they get under the sealant, making big cavities where nobody can brush them. He says sealing the permanent teeth make for worse cavities later. If you are considering getting your child's teeth sealed, do more research before you have it done.
- March 17, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- Rachel said...
What a simple yet brilliant idea!
- March 17, 2012 at 10:57 PM
- ginger said...
I love the spoons and may have to tackle something similar myself!
As for cavities -- my daughter had leukemia and went through months of being to sick to brush, acid in her mouth from vomiting, etc. So she ended up with 4 cavities on her first dentist visit and ended up needing a tooth pulled. Well, I blamed it on the chemo and we continued our routine of brushing, flossing, and swishing. Then, at the next visit, my son (who has always brushed, flossed, swished, we have minimal candy, never drink juice unless at restaurant) has THREE cavities! So needless to say my "blame it on chemo" excuse was out the window!!
The funny thing is that I had the same reaction when both kids ended up with cavities. Like it is a failure. But, you know, we're lucky to have dentists who can fix these things and a set of baby teeth that they can "practice" on before the adult ones come in :)
- March 18, 2012 at 8:15 AM
My sister has the same problem with two of her three children. Her dentist told her that no amount of brushing and flossing is going to help because the enamel is damaged on the teeth. He told her that when children have high fevers (104F) before age 1, they've found that it damages their enamel and they are susceptible to many cavities. Maybe that's your son's issue?
- March 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Shay said...
Hi there! I just found your blog! Love it! My husband has terrible teeth (seriously, terrible) I have been so worried that my children's teeth will be terrible too. One day I came across this book at Amazon: Cure Tooth Decay. What? Really? I was intrigued and bought it. It's about a dentist in the 1930s or so that traveled around the world and visited a variety of people. He found groups of people with No Teeth Decay. None! No need for braces, no cavities...excellent teeth. Great book. You'll think twice about the typical American diet. Here's the link http://www.amazon.com/Cure-Tooth-Decay-Cavities-Nutrition/dp/1434810607/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332189490&sr=8-1
Sorry for the super long post. New follower! You can visit me at http://raisingdieter.blogspot.com/
Thanks! Shay
- March 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- jodi said...
absolutely LOVE this project!! great job!
- March 20, 2012 at 12:17 PM
- fillenoire said...
Love this project! Don't feel bad, I'm one of those people whose genetics cause issues with teeth. Every time I go in there's a new cavity but the hygienist is has nothing but good things to say about my dental hygiene and that she can see I take good care of my teeth and gums. Some people are just unlucky that way.
- March 20, 2012 at 4:15 PM
you could try adding black walnut drops to water for your child, or even using it as a rinse instead of mouthwash. i was so sick of going to the dentist and being accused of not flossing, or not brushing well, when i am very anal about doing both of those things. i started using black walnut as a rinse, and the results have been dramatic improvement. of course, my dentist doesn't believe it, but as long as my teeth are healthy is all that matters to me. i've spent a lot of time researching and have switched to a completely holistic teeth cleaning regimen. the spaces between my teeth are very tight, and i had tons of cavities as a kid, even though i brushed all the time.
- March 21, 2012 at 11:19 PM
- weiya @ enjoyer of grace said...
Found your diy on pinterest! These are so cute that I featured it on my "Friday Treats" series today! :)
- March 23, 2012 at 2:50 AM
Love the rainbows.
"Soft teeth" is genetic. The dentist can prescribe a toothpaste that has a higher fluoride content and/or you can buy a mouthwash that specifically has additional fluoride (like ACT) to protect your teeth better.
- March 29, 2012 at 8:49 AM
First of all, I have to say that I love the verse you have on your comment form :) I also love the spoons and plan to do it soon as well!
As for cavities, I have horrible teeth that I apparently inherited so brushing/flossing/rinsing just doesn't cut it. I've been looking for alternatives to having a mouth full of fillings and came across this link on Pinterest today: http://www.naturalnews.com/033854_cavities_remedies.html#ixzz1aghr1YT1 It sounds like an easy remedy and I'm certainly going to give it a try along with the coconut oil pulling that one of the commentators mentions. I completely believe that our bodies are fully capable of healing all of problems using the wholesome things that God has covered our earth with. He does provide for ALL our needs! Thought you might be as intrigued by the article as I was. I'm headed to the store tomorrow! :)
- April 2, 2012 at 1:59 AM
Love your spoons, & great photo, I want to try it. I see someone else mentioned this, but I want to second the recommendation to read Cure Tooth Decay. I borrowed it from the library recently and it was an eye-opener to say the least - there is so much about the way dental health functions that dentists don't tell us and/or aren't even taught themselves. The author may come across as a bit nutty, but it's a good book anyway. http://www.curetoothdecay.com/
- April 8, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Spoons look awesome!
Had the same issue with my Son! When he started getting permanent teeth they put him on a prescription toothpaste made by 3M and he hasn't had an issue since! Ask your dentist about it!!
- April 19, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Yvonne said...
I saw this on Pinterest the other day and thought, "I must try this!" and I'd like to do it as a gift for someone's bridal shower too. What a great!
Also, I was just at Target yesterday and discovered they had salad servers painted like this for $9... I can get a bamboo set of 8 serving utensils for that much and paint them myself. :) Thanks!
- April 20, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Anne M Bray said...
I wanted to alert you - I saw your rainbow spoons pinned by Pinterest spammers with your URL stripped off. (I just remembered when I went to my boards view... Your image is my "title" pin on my Rainbow board).
Unfortunately, I can't find where I saw the pins right now... Sorry, I'm not being very helpful here... Will let you know if I find anything.
- April 23, 2012 at 9:16 PM
I was cursed with bad teeth form my mom (who got hers from my grandpa). I can brush, floss, and rinse without missing and wear my mouth guard to bed every night (I grind my teeth in my sleep) and still no hope! Both mf my sisters had crooked but strong teeth while I have straight but weak. The dentist loves me though, it helps that he understands that it's not my fault but I continue to get lectured every time I go in by the dental assistants! I just gets old! I hope my kids get my husband's perfect teeth!
- April 25, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Your link to House of Earnest doesn't work. Here is the proper one: http://www.houseofearnest.com/have-make-dipped-wooden-utensils/
- April 28, 2012 at 8:36 AM
First of all, the spoons are amazing! That idea will definitely come in to use in our household. :)
When it comes to the dentist stuff, don't feel bad! It sounds like you are doing everything that you can to prevent him from getting cavities, so there is no reason to beat yourself up. :)
I got a bit exited about all this teeth talk, so I just have to comment one thing. It won't help you with your son, but it might help others with smaller children. :)
The simple explanation to why we get cavities is the caries bacteria in out mouth. It's something that babies are NOT born with, it's transmitted from other people - usually from your parents. And once you get it you will never get rid of it, no matter how much you brush or floss.
I always knew about caries making cavities, but here is the interesting fact I learned few years ago: everyone doesn't have it! And if you don't have it, you will never get cavities - even if you never brush your teeth and eat junk all the time.
Caries bacteria is transmitted through spit. So for example, if you clean a baby's pacifier in your mouth, let him/her lick your ice cream or give food with the same spoon you have used, you are transmitting the bacteria to your baby. In other words, everything that has been in contact with your spit should be hold away from your baby's mouth. The risk of getting the bacteria is at it's greatest when the baby is under 3 years old, after that his/her own immune system is (somewhat) able to fight the bacteria. The longer she/he can avoid it, the better (the risk of getting it gets smaller).
So in other words: if your baby never gets the bacteria, he/she will not get cavities, no matter how bad teeth he/she has inherited! :) If the child does however get the bacteria, then genetics, teeth hygienic (brushing, flossing etc.) and eating habits determine how many cavities he/she will get. Some get very few and some a whole mouth full. (I'm sure genetics have a big role in it.)
In the country where I live, all pregnant mothers are educated about caries bacteria and how it transmits. I tried my very best to avoid giving it to my daughter (I have cavities so I know I have it) when she was a baby. I don't know if I succeeded, but now she is almost 4 and has no cavities. :) I don't think the genetics are that great (her father has bad teeth and mine aren't that great either), we never floss and could improve her eating habits (she doesn't eat lots of junk, but she does get candy couple times a week and does drink juices almost every day).
Couple other things about teeth that I try to keep in mind:
- Teeth can take up to 5 acid attacks a day, no more. And every time you eat or drink ANYTHING else than water (even bubbly water) is an acid attack.
- Some acidic foods (like juices and apples) soften the enamel in your teeth temporarily, so you should ALWAYS wait at least 30 min after eating before you brush your teeth. Otherwise you will just brush away the very thing that protects your teeth.
- The best way to stop the acid attack in your mouth after eating is having a piece of (sugarless) xylitol gum or pill after every meal. It also has been proven that using xylitol daily prevents children from getting otitis. :)
Sorry for the 'lecture', I just had to write it down when I felt that I have some info that could be useful to other people as well. :)
- April 29, 2012 at 5:31 AM
The concept of soft teeth unfortunately is a myth. 99% of people who get many cavities don't have bad teeth, they have bad bacteria.
I'm in dental school and even the daughter of a dentist, but I had cavities galore because I just don't know how to take care of my teeth. Knowing what we do now about prevention, I could have prevented all of my cavities... :( And yes, I have always brushed twice a day and flossed, but it wasn't enough. And I'll admit right now that I have 11 fillings.
Kids get cavities initially because caries (the disease that causes cavities) is an INFECTIOUS disease. It is the number one disease in children. The worse the bacteria and oral hygiene are, the bigger the impact on a mouth.
Not to make moms out there feel bad, but you are the most likely candidate for vertical transmission of your mouth bacteria to your children. Odds are you gave your child your oral bacteria by the age of 6-12 months the moment you licked their pacifier or tested their food. But, if you use xylitol sugar, it will significantly lessen you chances of giving your child bad bacteria.
Even I used the "soft teeth" card growing up, but now I realize I wasn't doing enough. So if you have "soft teeth", it really just means the bacteria in your mouth are having a field day. :( My pediatric dentistry professors explain how most parents rationalize rampant cavities as "soft teeth" because they don't understand the disease part of caries.
Also, children don't have the correct and proper manual dexterity to brush their own teeth until about the age of 6 or 7
(when they can tie their own shoes is a good indicator if they can do a good brushing job). And you should supervise your children's brushing until about age 12. If you're worried, just get an electric toothbrush because this will give your child a more consistent brushing. The right electric toothbrush can do up to a 40% better job than a manual brush.
Very few people genetically have "soft teeth" and it's usually due to some rare disease such as ectodermal dysplasia (and the dentist would tell you if something was up because a child should see the dentist when their first tooth comes in or by the age of 12 months).
Yes, some people do have mouths where the teeth are less likely to get cavities. These people have less harmful bacteria, produce saliva that can re-establish proper pH in their mouth faster, intake more fluoride, or have better eating and oral hygiene.
If your child has many cavities, you need to change their regimen, stop snacking in-between meals, lower the sticky sugar intake (within reason - I'm not the sugar police), and supervise brushing!
Sadly, any time sugar goes in your mouth, you mouth is at a low enough pH for cavity formation for at least 20 to 30 minutes. Now just imagine what drinking a bottle of soda or juice over the course of an hour will do (and yes, I drink the occasional soda, too).
Now I regularly get fluoride treatments, snack on things in-between meals that bacteria can't eat to produce acid, and I use xylitol regularly (please look into this moms with babies - you're saving you kids a lifetime of cavities sometimes). Bacteria cannot eat the sugar xylitol and so they will not produce acid or lower your mouth's pH to the point where holes form in your teeth due to loss of minerals. Xylitol actually can mess up bacteria from multiplying too, and lower the numbers of bacteria in the mouth. It's a win-win.
With just a few changes, I haven't had a cavity in years. :D I have a filling in every tooth because of my poor habits growing up, but with what dentistry knows now, proper prevention can eliminate 90% of cavities.
Please bring your child to the dentist or pediatric dentist by age 1 - that way, good oral hygiene habits start early. :D
Any questions, find me at email@example.com ~ <3 Stephanie
- April 29, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Jessica said...
Oh my word. Thank you for confessing your dental troubles because I recently had the same experience with both of my boys. They only eat candy occasionally. They drink milk, not juice (and never soda). We floss, brush, and do fluoride every night and brush every morning. Check, check, check on down the list. But I still got the judgmental stares and the comments suggesting I must not be caring for their teeth properly. Grrr. Anyway, I'm glad that you shared so I don't feel so alone. And then you topped it off with a fantastic project! I'm certain my wooden utensils need some dressing up. :)
- May 2, 2012 at 9:15 PM
- annie@mostlovelythings said...
Oh I love these...they are so happy!
About the dentist...my 13 year old drinks way too much juice, always has...I doubt he brushes all that well and he has no cavities...how is that even possible? Believe me...I'm not bragging...I'm just saying it's not your fault!
- May 2, 2012 at 10:10 PM
- Kelsey said...
Love these spoons! And I don't have kids, but I was/still am like this with my teeth. I always brushed, didn't eat a bunch of junk, rarely had pop, etc. BUT my teeth have TONS of tiny crevices, are close together, and my mouth is SMALL, making brushing and flossing the back teeth difficult. My dentist has always blamed any cavities I've had on my actual teeth and not my brushing or eating habits, so no worries! It IS genetics!
- May 4, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Funkytime | Design Juice-Not from Concentrate! said...
looove the spoons, linking to them tomorrow;-)
- May 4, 2012 at 11:57 AM
I remember taking my kids to their first "grown-up" dentist appointment after 10 years of faithfully going to the paediatric dentist. My kids didn't have a lot of junk food, always brushed their teeth etc. etc. The new dentist found 5 cavities in my daughter's teeth and 8 in my son's. How can that be when they had just been to the dentist 6 months beforehand? I took them back to the paediatric dentist who said they only had 1 each. A third dentist found 3 and 2. I never knew that cavities were so subjective!!! I've been skeptical ever since.
- May 6, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- iceprincess said...
I have 4 kids, they all eat the same but one of them has soft teeth. She's got a mouth full of silver crowns. She's been losing some of her baby teeth, though, and her permanent teeth don't seem to have any problems. I hope it works that way for your son!
I am definitely trying the spoon project. I love a little extra pizazz when I'm cooking. haha
- May 6, 2012 at 10:14 PM
- Emily J. said...
Funny thing! I read your post here yesterday, then read this today: a story of one mom and how she used cod liver oil and butter oil to get her kid's teeth ok again - http://www.mommypotamus.com/giveaway-fermented-cod-liver-oil/
LOVED the spoons! You're so creative!
- May 8, 2012 at 10:03 PM
- Φανή said...
Love the colours! Love this project! I´m going to link it in my blog right away!
- May 17, 2012 at 4:08 AM
- Erin said...
These are so cute! I'm featuring them over at Taking Time to Create tomorrow. :-)
- May 17, 2012 at 11:50 PM
- Robyn said...
I love the colours on the spoons! What a fun idea, thanks for sharing.
- May 20, 2012 at 12:16 AM
- Red Elephant Creative said...
When I was a little girl the dentist gave me fillings to teach me the importance of looking after my teeth....No need to stress about the fact he has cavities in his baby teeth for this will provide the grounding for your little one to brush his teeth just a tiny bit longer next time :) He will be okay - it could have been a trip to the dr with news not so easy to digest (pun not intended :))
Love your tutorial...lovely!
- May 21, 2012 at 5:12 AM
- Kate said...
This is such a cute idea, I am definitely trying this out! Thanks for sharing!
- May 22, 2012 at 1:36 PM
- juliemarg said...
I love reading your blogs! :)
- May 25, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- Unknown said...
Hey Crystal,
Unfortunately the original page of the idea no longer exists. Can you tell me what paints you used and the specifics to how you made them so even and pretty? I would love to do this and have several other great things this would work well for.
Sorry about the dental adventures. They're never fun!
- June 1, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Renata said...
Hi there,
I came to this page because of the spoons, but I decided to comment because I thought you might want to check for low vitamin D levels.
Just remember how bad it would have been if you HAD given your child a lot of juice and candy. Then you KNOW you did the best for your child, and that's what really matters.
- July 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM
- Lovinglf_Designs said...
Great but simple project to brighten any kitchen.
I would ignore the dentist if I were you. I have one kid with perfect teeth and another who inherited my small, closely-fitted teeth that have deep grooves. According to my dentist the deep grooves in the teeth cause a lot of cavities. All of my teeth were proactively filled when I was a kid to prevent cavities because food is extremely hard to clear from the grooves. My daughter's teeth were sealed. A dentist worth their salt would recognize this so you should definitely consider switching dentists. It's their job to educate parents, not lecture them.
To Debi who has a kid with asthma, my pediatrician told me to have my kids rinse their mouths after using the inhaled steroids, because apart from potentially causing thrush, there is evidence that inhaled corticosteroids affect the teeth.
Here's a link regarding steroids and tooth decay - http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/albuterol/TH05HUEN8HKTBTUGS
- August 1, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Love, love, love these spoons. I am going to check out our thrift stores for some wooden utensils so I can do this project.
An the teeth issue. I had cavities all the time as a kid. Had 8 crowns done during my 1st pregnancy. and 5 with the second. After the third they wanted to crown all my teeth and I said just pull them all. So happy I only have to see the dentist when I need new teeth. At least I kept my teeth 15 years longer than my mom. It's all genetic.
- September 14, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Love, love, love these spoons. I am going to check out our thrift stores for some wooden utensils so I can do this project.
An the teeth issue. I had cavities all the time as a kid. Had 8 crowns done during my 1st pregnancy. and 5 with the second. After the third they wanted to crown all my teeth and I said just pull them all. So happy I only have to see the dentist when I need new teeth. At least I kept my teeth 15 years longer than my mom. It's all genetic.
- September 14, 2012 at 7:55 PM
- Sarah Weise said...
Found your spoons on Pinterest and am so excited to do this with my hodge-podge of wooden spoons this week. Quick question... did you dip them in paint, or paint them with a brush? They look fabulous.
- November 21, 2012 at 1:09 AM
I just LOVE your take on this great DIY-project. You went with a beautiful colour scheme.
- December 3, 2012 at 7:03 AM
- Unknown said...
What a gorgeous blog!
I love this idea! Such a simple idea and it would make a great activity or the cold easter weather we are having.
Check out a similar post of mine that might give you more ideas…
- March 17, 2013 at 4:00 AM
- sarahpilar said...
Hi, I have been dying to try this! Yours turned out beautiful. But I am wondering, now that quite a bit of time has gone by, how do they hold up after months of washing (by hand)?? I would really appreciate anyone who has tried it's response! :)
- January 30, 2014 at 12:59 AM
- ROBIN said...
I have two girls. Both are and drank all the same things. One brushed her teeth all day long the other probably once a day. The good brusher always had cavities sometimes 3 and 4 at a time! Other one that barely brushed never a cavity. I have spoken to several dentist that said it is from the makeup of their saliva. I believe this firmly. Oh yeah. My daughter that barely brushed and no cavities ever, has the whitest smile. She is 29, other is 24. Good luck!
- December 4, 2016 at 9:03 AM


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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Why Do I Bother??
I talked to the patient and numerous extended family members about the diagnosis and plan. I explained that it was likely that he had acid reflux. His EKG was normal, and despite a history of 12 hours of constant pain during the night before his cardiac enzymes were negative.
However, since he had numerous risk factors and a positive stress test, I was admitting him for a cardiac catheterization. Everyone thanked me for my time and explanations.
Two days later, one of the crazy daughters came down to the ER and wanted to know how to report me to the medical board. Turns out the guy had triple vessel disease and was going to bypass the next am.
What a waste of my time to even have talked to these people. I did the right thing (they're very welcome by the way) despite the fact that I thought his symptoms were non-cardiac. Hell, maybe he had both coronary disease AND reflux!
Of all of the complaints that I have racked up over the past 18 years, the vast majority are from crazy family members.
33 comments:
I'm confused. Why was she mad? And seriously wouldn't the medical board just ignore it? Was she hoping to inherit something from Daddy?ReplyDelete
What a dumb girl.
Alot of times there are some family issues or a personality disorder that is at play when people act like this.ReplyDelete
Most likely the patient really DOES have both GERD and triple-vessel CAD.
Amy: She said that I "got the diagnosis wrong" since I told them that the symptoms were most likely GERD. Nevermind that his admitting diagnosis was "chest pain". Yeah, the medical board will ignore it. It's just a pain in the ass to try and be politely logical with a lunatic.ReplyDelete
I suspect she would have inherited a '73 pick up truck (with different colored fenders), a single wide trailer, $20 worth of beer cans for recyling, and a collectible Elvis plate from the Franklin Mint.
janemariemd: I'm gonna report you to the medical board!
A. If there was a positive stress test a week ago how come he wasn't in the cath lab before you saw him in the ER?ReplyDelete
B. You really are irresponsible to order catheterization to rule out cardiac vs. GI etiology. I mean- how dare you do your job!!!
C. You really need to invest in the Magic 8 Ball so when patients ask what you think their problems stem from, you can consult that instead of using all that MD experience and all those pesky tests! It would save millions!
- Anonymous7:44 AM, April 20, 2008
Socrates himself would bitch slap that daughter.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:45 AM, April 20, 2008
Hippocrates, I mean.ReplyDelete
Heck, I'd bitch slap that daughter. Some people are just asses...ReplyDelete
So, let me get this straight. You did your job correctly, admitted the man for chest pain rather than send him home with an asprin and the nut I mean daughter was displeased.ReplyDelete
Oh shove it psycho wench.
- Anonymous10:30 AM, April 20, 2008
When the daughter showed up to get info on how to report you, couldn't somebody have admitted her in the psych ward for irrational behavior or are there actually laws to protect those nuts?ReplyDelete
When I first started reading this blog several months ago, I thought some of the posts were way over the top. Now, I understand. You have my deep, heartfelt sympathy. :-)
oh erdoc85,ReplyDelete
you are so mistaken.
you see, until i picked up john grisham's latest page turner i might have agreed with you.
but in 'the appeal' i came to see the light. plaintiffs attorneys are not ambulance chasers! they are doing god's work against evil corporations, and since all of us docs are essentially a monopoly, you should welcome such second guessing by an obviously caring daughter whose father was almost sort of killed by you almost not doing what you should have done. if this were to have been done differently then the patient would have almost died.
grisham is a master. he's not into the straight-up formula bestseller now. his charachters are not one dimensional. the story line is not predictable at all.
corporations and doctors are evil. if it weren't for plaintiffs attorneys and their clients with the courage to question the 'wisdom' proffered by 'experts' then the world would spin off its axis.
lighten up dude. i can't understand why you are mad about this. no doubt you will get a complaint so that will be something on the 'good' side of the scorecard, but you are lucky, very lucky.
okay, sarcasm at an end. what a freaking idiot douchebag. i think i would have gone full passive aggressive with her and looked up the number for the board and helped her fill out the complaint. then i would have sued her for intentional infliction of emotional suffering. douchebag.
ps if any of you are travelling soon and think about picking up a quick read for the beach or whatever stay the fuck away from 'the appeal' and 'the ruins', a 'horror' novel given two thumbs up by stephen king... it sucks ass in 8 different ways.
- Anonymous11:03 AM, April 20, 2008
And another thing... that has nothing to do with this post.ReplyDelete
I just bought another minuscule car, new and improved, with heated seats.
When we were talkig to the salesman, I could not help but reminisce about those comments two of you had made a few months ago about heated seats and a certain part of your anatomy! Since I am not equipped that way, I don't see the point but I got the heated seats anyway.
Cool little set of wheels. I can't way to see what I am going to attract with that! (No, Doc111, don't mean humongous SUVs/PU trucks on my bumper).
Well, maybe not. I am married... never mind. :-)
- Anonymous11:11 AM, April 20, 2008
Why do we do this? Why don't we get out of it? We're such a pile of pussies to put up with this stuff. Inferior on-call doctors yelling at us, patient lawsuits, angry ankle-sprains, contracted status, corporate takeover of EM, forced patient sat scoring... somebody slap me and make me stop doing it.ReplyDelete
And, by the way, the medical board are a bunch of crazies too. They are NOT here to protect you, they are there to "protect" the public. And they are not ER doctors, so try to explain a complicated septic patient who goes south to an orthopedist on the board... see how much support you get. One of my docs has a permanent mark on his record that is ridiculous.
amen. amen.
- Anonymous12:02 PM, April 20, 2008
I feel your frustration erdoc85, I don't deal well with stupidity either.ReplyDelete
Plaintiff's attorneys do see themselves as God's avenging angels. God only made Vipers because he loves them and wants them to be happy.ReplyDelete
Defense attorneys have to turn a blind eye to right or wrong in order to sleep at night, and we don't even want to know for sure if the allegations in the complaint are true. It's ironic that attorneys are paid to persuade with logical argument, but we have to avoid rational thought about our clients in order to live with ourselves.
oh but devorah and amy the adversarial system is the best! only by not asking whether someone's complaint is true can the adversarial system work! i am a reformed law student... left after a year and a few months. couldn't stomach it. couldn't stomach the stuff i did for the large firm i clerked for one summer. ended up sending out pages on the overhead of the huge downtown offices for "hal oween' and 'heywood d'jiblomee'... the switchboard operators learned not to trust my pages. but the one thing that convinced me to leave law was the fact that i was a. miserable and b. only in posession of three friends in my class of almost three hundred students.ReplyDelete
I hated it too, but I was on the Dean's List (which is worrisome in itself), and my Dad, who had just died, had wanted me to go to law school. I was only 21, and hadn't grown a mind of my own yet.
I know what you mean about practice sucking: I used to do my work quickly then stare at the margins of Cal. code books daydreaming until something jolted me back to my living hell.
BTW, my favorite vacation book is Carl Hiassen's Sick Puppy. I've even reread it. Very funny.
I managed to increase my misery by being married to a professor, thereby becoming a faculty wife and student at the same time, which I don't recommend.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:13 PM, April 20, 2008
Devorrah could I trouble you for a writ of mandamus some time?ReplyDelete
res ipsa loquitor.
911doc: And it speaks to my sanity that I married at that age.ReplyDelete
Frank: I would if I was licensed in your state (only in CA, where I've gone inactive) I pushed you a link via e-mail that is my favorite site for legal forms. All my dysfunctional felon friends swear by it.
PS: What for? Reply by email if it's really interesting.
Aberrant rn: The reason he wasn't already in the cath lab is that the stress test was done at a cardiologist's office in BFE. He came to the ER with a history of having the test but not knowing the results nor knowing the name of the cardiologist who did the study. Once I finally figured out who did the test, I discovered that the cardiologist had left the country shortly after he did the test.ReplyDelete
His office was closed.
Fortunately, they had faxed the positve result to the guy's PCP. So, I finally got the result after an hour of phone calls.
My father had a stroke a few months back.ReplyDelete
He wasn't feeling well, and laid down. When he tried to get up, he had a major, instant headache and the left side of his body would not "work." He managed to call his wife and she called 911.
He presented to ER with major bilateral discrepancy, slurring his words, and "slack" muscles on one side of his face.
They let him lay in ER bed for almost 7 hours.
We're still trying to decide whether calling an "ambulance chaser" is appropriate. He's had a long struggle, and has recovered ~80%.
The problem I have is that he was a perfectly -- Surprisingly -- healthy man before, and is now "older" than his years. He tires easily, slurs his words when he is tired, has balance problems, etc.
I realize this might have still happened had he rec'd proper treatment, but still...
Any input appreciated!
dear dedicated dad,ReplyDelete
we shy away from medical advice here but let me tell you about how acute strokes are treated.
it sounds like your dad may have been 'in the window' for thrombolytics or 'clot buster' medicine.
the problem with this is that it kills a bunch of people, probably about 10% get worse or die with it.
there are many reasons NOT to give it INCLUDING rapidly improving symptoms. also, close observation is the only other thing you really do so his 'sittin in the ER' for seven hours is not a bad thing... he was closely observed and the ER doc, probably in consult with a neurologist, did not give the lytics.
i think it would be an unsuccessful suit as with what you told me he DID receive proper treatment though i may be missing something.
if you want to do further research google "thrombolytics for acute CVA" and click on the ones from academic institutions or the national stroke intstitute.
- Anonymous5:03 PM, April 20, 2008
To dedicated Dad:ReplyDelete
By the way, the window for thrombolytics is only 3 hours from time of symptom onset which in your father's case was probably when he went to lie down. If he arrived at the ER within 2-3 hours of symptom onset, he might have qualified for thrombolytics but there are a LOT of contraindications. As 911 doc said, after that, there is not much we do in the ER. However, what can make a world of difference is GOOD REHAB. Make sure your dad is getting that and you may see some improvement over the next few months. Good luck!
-whitecap nurse
- Anonymous5:57 PM, April 20, 2008
In the 80's my medical school came up with the idea to have a Neurology "Stroke Team" even had advertisements with the docs in some kind of team costume. Didn't change the way strokes were treated, primarily by the ER docs.ReplyDelete
"then i would have sued her for intentional infliction of emotional suffering."ReplyDelete
When I get called to a trial and I will, (I work L&D in Massachusetts) I want my lawyer to counter sue for emotional suffering. And it is emotional suffering. So much so that 4 more of our Doctors have just quite OB and are only doing Gyn. Can't blame them. Soon folks will have to pull a Ricky Lake and birth in their own tub because there won't be any Obs around.
I also want to name Ricky Lake in the court case. I don't care how I have to do it. Emotional suffering. Spreading pernicous lies about childbirth safety.
Dad: I can't add much to what 911 and whitecap have said. They're absolutely correct. I can assure you that the ER team hates to hold people for hours, but all too often, there are no beds to send people to. Also, on occasions (mostly at night) I will hold someone in the ED so I can watch them. If I'm the only doc in the hospital, I figure they're better off where I can see them.ReplyDelete
Please refer to the "For Dedicated Dad" post from the fart.
I will add one thing. When I was a junior in High School, my dad had a large right MCA stroke. He remained paralyzed on his left side for the next 10 years.
Though it was tragic, he was there to be my best man when I got married, he saw the birth of my first child, the birth of 2 other grandchildren, made it to my college graduation and saw me make it to my senior year of medical school, also he was around for 10 Christmas and Thanksgivings.
I am so grateful that he had his stroke in the days before tPA. He would have met all of the criteria for tPA use. I am glad that someone didn't try to kill him with that shit.
- Anonymous12:52 AM, April 26, 2008
Dedicated Dad,ReplyDelete
I hope your father improves...
But what does "let him lay in an ER bed" mean? A sick person in an ED bed is fully monitored and surrounded by nurses and technicians with their physician almost always in the immediate area. I suspect your father had a CT of his head performed and interpreted by the emergency physician (EP) and radiologist and neurosurgeon, various lab tests drawn and processed and interpreted by the EP, had a 12-lead ECG performed and interpreted by the EP, remained on telemetry with real-time monitoring by nurses and physicians just to name a few actions not to mention the history (which may have been limited due to his possibly altered mental status) and physical exam. The EP probably jumped all over your father's case. I suspect the nurses/techs did the same. So, unless your father was completely ignored during his time in the ED, please consider changing your words when you tell this story to your friends and possibly to your lawyer. Off the top of my head I suggest "remained in the ED under constant supervision receiving ongoing treatment as required for his condition for seven hours until a bed in the neuro-ICU was available."
But if your dad was ignored and given poor treatment my words are meaningless and your frustration is justified.
I hope he gets better. Best wishes.
--emergency physician
Sorry I didn't find this before now.ReplyDelete
I responded to the direct "call-out" on the main page.
He really was pretty much ignored until the neurologist showed up ~7 hours after his presentation. An IV was about the only "treatment" he received, and that was only dripping enough to keep it from clotting up.
No CT scan, closed curtains with his wife except for the couple of occasions where she called in a nurse because she couldn't bring herself to sit and watch him deteriorate without calling someone's attention to it.
It's not an unfair characterization to say they parked him in a corner and left him there. Other than ~hourly vitals-checks, they didn't see a nurse.
Excepting a basic neuro-exam and a ~3-minute visit, he didn't see a Doc at all until the Neurologist showed up.
I'm trying to understand why, and eliminate all other possible options before deciding it was malpractice, but so far I've seen nothing to support any other conclusion.
As I pointed out in the other post, his meekness and undemanding nature -- and that of his wife and kids as well -- no doubt didn't help. This may have been the rare exception where a demanding family would have been better, but none of us are that kind of person.
I'm leaning toward the conclusion that a neurologist wasn't available, and his condition -- although deteriorating -- was doing so slowly enough that noone pushed "the panic button."
This is a small-town hospital, not a big-city teaching hospital, so there simply aren't 24-hour specialists on-site. Generally, serious cases are stabilized and helicoptered to the nearest city, a ~2.5-hour drive away.
In hindsight, we'd have been better off to put him in the car and take him...
I am grateful for the input in re: the thrombolytics -- we were somewhat under the impression that the "magic stroke shot" would have made him all better (somewhat facetiously speaking), and that their failure to administer it was the biggest sin. I am sincerely grateful for your divesting me of that misunderstanding!
That said, S**t happens, mistakes are made. Doctors -- though some seem to think otherwise -- are human, and screw up like the rest of us.
We're not the type of folk to attempt to profit from that, but we d**n well want to know why, and make sure it doesn't happen again.
dear dedicated dad,ReplyDelete
no worries. i would ask for your dad's complete medical record, you will have to sign for it, and then take it to another physician, i would find an emergency physician and not a neurologist as they really do not diagnsose or treat strokes anymore... we are always the first, and get a third party opinion. again, if he wasn't in the scanner pronto then i think the ER screwed up. whether or not it would have changed his treatment and outcome is a different question. it is entirely possible that the ER doc thought that his symptoms were rapidly improving or that he met some other exclusion criteria for thrombolytics and just did a very poor job of keeping you all informed as to what was being done. his notations on HIS chart will give you an idea about his thought process.
i have been in the witness stand once in a malpractic suit FOR THE PLAINTIFF and we DO make mistakes. some are of no concern, some are life and death. please do follow up on this if only to give yourself some peace.
- Anonymous2:22 PM, August 26, 2008
Dedicated dad's story smells of BS. I think mom didn't know what was going on and the ER didn't magically make his symptoms disappear... patient's families want us to perform magic...if we don't, we must have done something wrong. The mind-set of the public!ReplyDelete
I can't believe I'm responding to this after so long, but "Anonymous" is a f**k-tard.ReplyDelete
When the truth came out, it was that he was - essentially - forgotten. Shift change, sloppy hand-off, non-complaining patient and family, all added up to a mess. We're all lucky he's not REALLY messed up.
The hospital did the one thing they could do in this situation - they sat us all down and said "we screwed up, we're sorry, and here's what we're doing to be sure it doesn't happen again."
On a side-note, I think a sizeable chunk of the malpractice claims would be averted by this simple step - an apology goes a long way, especially when contrasted with the usual "circle the wagons and deny everything" approach, but I digress.
That was enough for Dad, but honestly not for the rest of us. Thankfully, they also offered to kick in to cover any extra care he may need later as a result of this incident.
I also realize I didn't mention something else: He's a clergyman, he's well known to the hospital administration, and they can all see - as we do - how much he aged as a result of this. He went from being a truly exceptionally healthy man for his age to seeming much older than he is.
Maybe he would have been the same either way, maybe he'd have been worse if he'd had the thrombolytics, but the fact is that we were denied the opportunity, and he was denied an acceptable level of care.
We're all happy to know that they won't let this happen to someone else, and that he'll get any EXTRA care he needs later -- if he needs it -- as a result of this.
Like I said, the apology went a long way...

subset: commoncrawl


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You probably only learned over the weekend about only one of the more than 2.5 million U.S. military veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq since 9/11. That would be Eddie Ray Routh, 25, a onetime Marine who allegedly shot and killed Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a second military veteran at a gun range south of Fort Worth on Saturday.
We need to be careful not to overlearn anything from this tragedy just yet. Routh allegedly killed Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35, as Kyle was trying to ease Routh back into the civilian world.
Kyle's killing makes for a compelling tale, which no doubt explains why it was the lead story on the Sunday evening newscasts of ABC and NBC, the two broadcast networks not carrying Super Bowl XLVII.
All the pieces fell neatly into place: Routh is unemployed, perhaps afflicted with PTSD, and his scraggly beard made for an arresting mug shot. His famous and handsome victim, Chris Kyle, wrote American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, which made the New York Times best-seller list last year. He was married, a father of two and spent a lot of time trying to help fellow veterans find their way back into American society.
"People look at Kyle's death as tragic because he survived so much at war," said Brock McNabb, who served as an Army mental-health worker in Iraq, "only to be killed in the middle of a philanthropic act in the middle of the country he loved so much."
In an interview with TIME last year, Kyle said he was "not trying to glory myself." Killing people at long range was his military mission. "The first time, you're not even sure you can do it," he said. "But I'm not over there looking at these people as people. I'm not wondering if he has a family. I'm just trying to keep my guys safe." He had deployed four times to Iraq, where he was awarded a pair of Silver Stars for valor.
In his book, Kyle claimed to have killed more than 150 insurgents in Iraq. Pentagon officials said at the time of the book's release that there is no formal census kept of sniper kills. But, like fellow Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette, who wrote of the killing of Osama bin Laden, Kyle seemed ready to write of things that in previous wars had been kept secret. Military modesty, it seems, has become as much a relic as an M-1 carbine.
The killings raise a host of questions: Is the alleged killer a sociopath, simply eager to kill? To kill somebody famous? Did PTSD or some other malady drive him to shoot his two fellow veterans once they found themselves on a shooting range? Could he be a closet Islamist seeking revenge for the insurgents Kyle killed?
Routh has said nothing to suggest a motive. "I don't know that we'll ever know," Captain Jason Upshaw of the Erath County sheriff's office said. "He's the only one that knows that." Routh is the only surviving witness to the killings.
Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant said Routh "may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself." The Pentagon said Routh had been a corporal in the Marines from 2006 to 2010 and deployed to Iraq in 2007–08 and Haiti in 2010.
"This simply further highlights the dangers of an inadequate treatment system that continues to cost service members, both active and retired, their lives," says Rob Kumpf, who served with the Army in Afghanistan and Iraq and has had his own battles with mental-health issues since returning to the U.S.
Post-9/11 veterans are already grumbling that the media is rushing to blame the murders on Routh's military service or PTSD or both. If the past weekend were average, there were more than 50 murders by firearms across the country. Most of them were not carried out by veterans or vets suffering from PTSD.
"We don't actually know the alleged murderer's mental state or background," cautions Brandon Friedman, who served as a rifle platoon leader and executive officer with the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan and Iraq. "And second, it's important to remember that combat PTSD is complex. Those who struggle with PTSD are far more likely to harm themselves than others. Likewise, having PTSD does not signify a propensity to commit murder. There is no empirical correlation, other than what Hollywood portrays."
His reference to Hollywood fits. The same rush to judgment happened following the Vietnam War, when crimes committed by a relatively few veterans of that conflict were used to tar an entire generation. Movies like Coming Home, The Deer Hunter and Taxi Driver drilled into the public's mind that many troops who served in Southeast Asia in the late 1960s and early 1970s were mentally deranged, if not downright dangerous.
For millions of Americans of draft age who dodged serving in Vietnam, the films served as after-the-fact justification for their inactions and morphed from celluloid to certitude.
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Francis offered the respects during an audience with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Benedict, whose resignation set in motion the extraordinary conclave that brought the first prelate from the New World and first Jesuit to the papacy.
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If enlarged adenoids are suspected, the doctor may ask about and then check your child's ears, nose, and throat, and feel the neck along the jaw. To get a really close look, the doctor might order one or more X-rays. For a suspected infection, the doctor may prescribe oral antibiotics.
If enlarged or infected adenoids keep bothering your child and are not controlled by medication, the doctor may recommend surgically removing them with an adenoidectomy. This may be recommended if your child has one or more of the following:
Having your child's adenoids removed is especially important when repeated infections lead to sinus and ear infections. Badly swollen adenoids can interfere with the ability of the middle ear space to stay ventilated. This can sometimes lead to infections or middle ear fluid causing a temporary hearing loss. So kids whose infected adenoids cause frequent earaches and fluid buildup might also need an adenoidectomy at the time of their ear tube surgery.
And although adenoids can be taken out without the tonsils, if your child is having tonsil problems, they may be removed at the same time. A tonsillectomy with an adenoidectomy is a common pediatric operation.
Surgery, no matter how common or simple the procedure, can be frightening for both kids and parents. You can help prepare your child for surgery by talking about what to expect. During the adenoidectomy:
Your child will wake up in the recovery area. In most cases, a child can go home the same day as the procedure. Some children may need to stay overnight for observation.
The typical recuperation after an adenoidectomy often involves several days of moderate pain and discomfort.
In less than a week after surgery, everything should return to normal and the problems caused by the adenoids should be gone. The adenoid area will heal naturally, which means there are no stitches to worry about. There's a small chance any tissue that's left behind can swell, but it rarely causes new problems.
Reviewed by: Steven P. Cook, MD
Date reviewed: May 2013
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