The truth is we had him scheduled to go a few times, but it just happened that those appointments got scrubbed because his numbers were too low and I think one time he came down with something. Oncology doesn't want him to go when he's susceptible to infection, so we had to cancel those appointments. Well, the stars aligned and we were finally able to get him in.
It's always fun to post about new experiences, but I wanted to add this post to record and relay new information we learned. We were told early on that the chemo could have an impact on the development of Charlie's teeth and whether or not I was told this specifically, I was always under the impression that his teeth would have weakened enamel and be more prone to get cavities. I may have told this to some of you out there. While that is still true, I also learned that the chemo could also make it so that some of his adult teeth never formed or never fully developed. He could have teeny-tiny or be completely missing some of his adult teeth.
Well, let's don the lead cape and find out. How exciting!
It turns out that Charlie has all of his adult teeth and all of them are fully formed. Yea! Charlie also did fantastic for his appointment. It didn't hurt that both the doctor and tech that saw him were some pretty cool, young dudes. The doctor was finishing his residency and was about to start his own pediatric practice and the tech had a pretty kickin' mohawk. They poked around and the diagnosis is that Charlie has some strong teeth and no cavities. This is pretty surprising considering that I give him his meds every night mixed with strawberry pancake syrup. On the flip side, one of Charlie's favorite snacks is apples . . .
