Did I ever mention that Sam had a cavity? No? Well, his routine dentist appointment revealed a cavity between his back teeth. After they saw how wiggly he was in the chair they suggested we gas him - a little laughing gas for our youngun! Turns out we need to sign a release for it because our insurance won't pay for luxuries like this unless we have Medicaid....
Ben decided he wanted to see the effects of laughing gas on Sam so he joined us for this adventure. I have to say that I'm very impressed with the efficiency of "Dr. Chuck" and his assistant. We also found out that laughing gas used to be used in shows where people would be gassed and asked to do stupid things for the entertainment of others, just like the hypnotist shows today. Someone fell down and split open his knee and didn't miss a beat, thus the anaesthetic properties of the gas were discovered.
Sam was supplied with sunglasses, an orange-scented inset for the gas dispenser and the procedure began. Novocaine or something similar was injected with some odd looking contraption and Sam didn't seem to mind it. After a slight mishap with some sort of dental dam used to keep the fragments of tooth/filling etc. out of his mouth the procedure began. I should have timed it because I bet the whole thing was done in less than five minutes. Very impressive! That doesn't mean that it was easy for Sam though, he was pretty tense during that time so I had had him grab my thumbs as hard as he could to distract him and so he'd know I'm there.
The worst part for Sam? The hour or so he had to keep a cotton tube between his teeth so he didn't bite the side of his mouth while his mouth was numb.
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