No more wisdom teeth, please.

I guess I must have waited a little too long. I just turned 24, and not but 2 days after my birthday I got a wisdom tooth in. I probably should have had them all removed a long time ago, but this one beat me to it. Anyway, after about a week and a half of swelling and not being able to eat or speak, I gave up and went to see a dentist. I think the last time I actually went to a dentist was in 8th grade. So, that was about 1994 or 1995. It's now 2005, Oops. But the dentist told me I needed to get them out ASAP because my top right tooth was already through the gums and the left top tooth was at the surface of the gum getting ready to go through. We got an x-ray and it showed that both of my bottom wisdom teeth were laying sideways, pushing against my back molars. He said that's why my bottom jaw had been hurting so badly. Anyway, long story short, I went in at 3:30 pm yesterday and had all of them removed. The top two were yanked and the bottom two were removed surgically. So today I am even more swollen and am having an even harder time eating and speaking than I did before the surgery. Good thing for computers and being able to type instead of having to speak, huh. But even with all of the pain and discomfort, I am glad to have them out and would recomend to anyone that has a history of "funky" wisdom teeth in their family, to get them out before they come in and cause problems.

I figured it out / an overview of 2004

Okay, I finally got this thing figured out. My brother has been trying to get me to set up a blog page since August of 2004. I know, it's been almost a year, but it's finally started. This should be a good way for my family and friends that I don't get to see or speak to very often to kinda' "keep track" of me and my family. I have been married for four years and have two rambunctious kids. Devan Wade Leitner, who will be 3 on Sept. 3, 2005, and KeLeeMae Nichol Leitner, who just turned 1. Although Devan has had a rather difficult year, Kelee seems to be thriving. Devan was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, night terrors, Chronic Diarrhea, and Failure the Thrive all just in 2004. He has been to several specialists during this time. He saw Dr. Callahan, his regular doctor, Dr. Pinna, an allergy and asthma specialist, Dr. Marsden, an ortholaryncologist (ear, nose & throat doctor), Dr. Kadu, a pediatric Gastroenterologist, Dr. Gant, a Sleep Specialist at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, and has visited our local sleep lab for an EEG. I know this sounds not just scary, but exausting, and believe me, it was, but it's mostly taken care of now. Dr. Marden removed Devan's adenoids and tonsils, and Dr. Kadu did a scope of Devan's digestive system to discover the reason for the diarrhea. Although I can not remember the name of the condition, he put Devan on Pedia Sure with the notion that if he consumes more nutrition, his body will absorb more nutrition. The removal of his adenoids and tonsils has cleared up most of the sleep apnea, although he still has a difficult time sleeping and wakes up frequently during the night. The pedia sure has cleared up the diarrhea and he should be coming off of it soon. We are hoping not to have to see Dr. Gant again anytime soon, but if Devan continues to have a hard time sleeping, we may have to make another trip to Primary Children's Medical Center. He is now well into the 50th percentile for his age in weight and height, so he is out of the danger zone for now. We continue to work with Devan on his eating and sleeping habits regularly, but are very happy that KeLee has shown very few signs of following in her brother's footsteps. I hope to continue posting our family's adventures, so please check in again soon.