Home Repair

Monday night the bottom wire of Karson's braces came loose. I'm not sure if a rubber band came off or a bracket broke but regardless, Karson had like 2 inches of wire hanging loose in her mouth. Her orthodontist is only in town on Thursdays, so I was hoping that with wax we could manage until then. Well, the inside of her poor cheek was just becoming more and more irriatated. She was beginning to have trouble even talking. Last night she just couldn't take it anymore and so we decided to have a make shift orthodontist appointment. With Uncle Lance holding his shop light up to her mouth and wiping his wire cutters on his jeans, he snipped the wire off. I'm not real sure how much this helped, she still had a sharp end but at least it wasn't so much in her mouth. We were trying to help!
This morning I call the doctor first thing so that she can get in. They were nice enough to say bring her right in, we will work her in. Karson was so relieved to be getting this fixed. Needless to say, Dr. Shultz was NOT impressed with our work. We got into trouble for cutting the wire. He said we did an awful job and just made the situation worse. I stood there and took it from him, he is the orthodontist but in my head I'm thinking "you know what mr.??? she was just here a week ago and it came off on Monday. Maybe you didn't do such a great job either and you're suppose to know what you are doing and you're getting paid the BIG BUCKS!" Guess next time this happens we will leave the wire hanging and let it continue to cut the inside of Karson's cheek. Not.