Several Updates

I have been shirking my blogitorial responsibilities and failed to post updates on any of the recent activities. Since my previous post, Jake has had two dental appointments and another follow-up with the surgeon.


Monday was Jake's first post-accident meeting with the dentist. Aside from the basic cleaning, the dentist decided that Jake would need a crown on one damaged tooth, repairs on four other chipped teeth, some orthodontia to create space for a future implant to replace his missing front tooth and, at some point, his wisdom teeth removed. I can see a new Mercedes in our dentist's future.

Jake had a follow-up with the dentist this morning for a temporary crown. The permanent one will be installed next week. He'll also have a visit with his orthodontist next week, a professional that we thought we had seen the last of a couple years ago when his braces were removed.

After the dentist, Jake and Denise headed to Loma Linda for the appointment with the surgeon. I unfortunately could not attend due to pressing demands at the office.


Good news all around from the surgeon; he's very pleased with the results of the surgery. No further follow-ups until sometime later this year, whenever Jake is home from HSU on break, maybe around Thanksgiving.

Other good news, the surgeons at Loma Linda can install the post for the dental implant, and they can remove his wisdom teeth, so we may be able to schedule both at one time and eliminate one surgical trip.


And the best news; Dr. Herford performed another panoramic x-ray and provided Jake with a copy. This is sooo cooool!


You can see all the hardware that's left in Jake's face, the bolts, microplates and the mesh under his left eye socket from the most recent surgery.



Denise and Jake also requested all the images from the hospital, so I'll post some of those wherever we get our grimy little hands on them.


In other news, we have been busily preparing for Jake's Graduation/Surgical Recovery/Going Away to College/Nick's Birthday party. The last weekend was spent doing a variety of chores, trying to get our miserable hovel into some sort of presentable shape. In the course of our gardening we came across this...







The spider appears to be about to make off with our birdbath. The next picture has Nick's cell phone in the background for a little perspective. Biggest fricking spider I've ever seen, short of a tarantula, which is a whole other thing.

The hardest chore? We have been considering purchasing a tapper for the party, especially considering that this is Nick's 21st B-day. So I went to BevMo yesterday and purchased an extensive assortment of beers so that we could sample several varieties before deciding which keg to order. We enlisted the aid of our next door neighbor, Larry. I hated to take advantage of him like that, but he was a trooper and helped us work our way through several. Nick is pretty heavily leaning toward Deschutes Brewery Mirror Pond Pale Ale and I'm willing to allow that, since it's his birthday (and since I can't get Ruination IPA in a keg).

Much more to tell about the party prep, but I think I'll save that for another day. I have more chores to do this evening before I lose the little light that's left.