My wife took Bobby to the doctor today regarding his teeth. He has already lost two baby teeth. He will be having four molars pulled (2 baby and 2 adult) in about three months or so. The operation will be done at the hospital under general anesthesia. The permanent molars are already coming out, so the doctor said that it’s an easy procedure. It will happen on a Friday morning, and they think that Bobby will be the first patient of the day due to his age. Check in time is 6 am!
As a follow up, he is missing two permanent molars on the bottom, so he either needs implants or the pulling out of the two matching ones on the top of his mouth. Braces will match them. Since his teeth are still growing, the hope is that they will find their place with minimal correction. Right now some of his teeth are already being pushed out because of overcrowding.
My wife said that she is also missing two permanent teeth. I have no idea about myself.
We are looking forward to getting a family doctor. Urgent care seems to be a mess! Last night they sent Bobby’s prescription to a wrong pharmacy and instead of 14 anti-nausea pills, they prescribed only 4. The doctor that wrote the prescription last night is not working today, and the receptionist was rather “sassy” to my wife.
Bobby stayed home from school today. The doctor said that it takes about 48 hours for the antibiotics to kick in. He is hoping to be able to go to school tomorrow.
Katie went to viola class with Daisy this evening and had a lovely session. There was an eagle nest with two eagles outside their house (see photo to the left).
Daisy is so sensitive to Katie’s needs and happiness! She is concerned that she can’t teach Katie past book 4, but Katie said she doesn’t mind to be a “Guinea Pig” while Daisy is learning how to teach that book. The other teenager who was taking classes with Daisy (i.e: Kieren (sp?)) just left Daisy, so Katie is now officially the oldest in the group class.
We just got an email from Huband that they are going to be learning curling 🥌 in a about a month from now. It will take place over two Friday mornings. I will have to explain to Bobby the science behind how the rock “curls”. In a nutshell:
A curling stone “curls” because as it slides and rotates over the pebbled ice, the front edge encounters fresh, rough pebble with higher friction while the back edge rides on ice the stone has already scratched smooth, creating a friction imbalance that gently steers the stone in the same direction as its rotation. Sweeping with a broom changes this by slightly warming and polishing the pebble in front of the stone, reducing friction on the leading edge and making the front and back friction more similar. This reduced friction lets the stone travel farther and curl less, allowing sweepers to “hold the line” and control the stone’s final path.