There are no words

to describe how nervous I am! We had Ariel's consult with the pediatric dentist today. They are going to put her under... I mean seriously... to do her fillings. Having never been put under myself, my stomach is in knots over doing it to my baby. It won't be for another three weeks or so. Can you imagine how much of a mess I'll be when the time comes, when I'm this worried now? Jesse will have to take that day off because I'm going to bawl. I know I will. She'll be fine though. They are going to do the procedure at Asheville Surgery Center which is a part of Mission Hospital. They've been doing this for years & years & years and have never really had an incident. Of course there's always that chance and that's the part that scares me. But they said she won't be in hardly any pain when she comes out of it. He said maybe a bit of irritation in her nose and throat from the tubes, but other than that, she'll probably be playing that night. He says kids bounce back so quick. And all of this will be over. They also said some of her "cavities" are probably something she was born with...and after this we probably won't have a thing to worry about. This whole procedure will take maybe an hour but we'll be in the hospital for half the day.. most of it being pre-op and observation. Oh joy!

So that's our news. She LOVED this dentist & did amazing.I am just so incredibly proud of her. She's so calm about everything and really and truly is a wonderful kid (even if she can drive me crazy with her "I know everything" attitude). So while she thinks it's "cool" she'll be asleep so she can "be in dreamland dreaming of riding on a triceratops" while they fix her teeth... mommy has to hide the fact that I am terrified and this will be on my mind every moment until this is OVER.

I also wanted to add that I got a very pleasant surprise when I got home. Mom, dad & Patrick cleaned up the house while I was gone. That was very nice and I'm very thankful!