On Thursday we had a little scare with Gabrielle (again). She had a cavity filled, and almost four hours later I noticed something wrong with her face. When she would talk or smile, the left side of her face wouldn't move. I brought her right back to the dentist and he told me that there was an 80 percent chance that the paralysis would wear off in 24 hours. If not, the nerve would regenerate in two months. Thank you Lord for answering our prayer and that this one time, Gabrielle did not beat the odds and the novacane wore off by the next morning. Her dentist called to tell me that he had researched facial paralysis, and there was not one documented case of this occurring when the novacane was given in the top teeth. Of course, if it was going to happen, it was going to happen to Shi Shi! Here is a picture of her beautiful smile. I was obviously too upset to take a picture while her face was partially paralyzed. Greg was upset that I didn't get a picture.....that's a dad for you!
