As she lies down beside me, I try to put her back to sleep by rubbing any part of her body, as in massaging it to distract her from the pain she is feeling and to comfort her from what she is experiencing... Until she falls asleep...
This morning, DH bought me this orthodontic tool to help me put the Facemask's bands in place. It is indeed a great help when I insert the two tiny bands in Gina's fixed mouth appliance, also to hold the Facemask in place.
But before all that, I apply Burt's Bees to help moisturize her lips too. This is just her 2nd day, but so many developments are happening, and they are not easy. I guess the good news will be evident in a month after our doctor makes another assessment of her upper and lower jawbone. Only a trained eye and x-ray can see it...
This afternoon we brought her back to her doctor because after only one day of wearing the Facemask, Gina developed mouth sores. Her mouth had lacerations -- from the bands that are pulling out her upper jawbone. The doctor told us to put this kind of mouth drops to heal the wounds. We try to humor out our daughter by calling it the "20-second Magic Drops" -- but despite that, she cries whenever we apply it because of the terrible sting it gives. 20 seconds is all that is needed to soak the wounds in the solution, but it is painful. Effective, but painful.
We are praying things will improve in the next days. This week has been painful for us physically and emotionally. Especially for our little Dancing Queen. God is our guide in everything, and we are hanging on to Him as our Anchor in the storm.
I would like to write about good days again, and make things easier and happier for our daughter. But despite all this, we glorify our God for we know He will never leave us. He loves our daughter very much, and we know we will all come out of this wiser and stronger.
as an anchor for the soul,
firm and secure.
Hebrews 6:19
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