For months, we have been on a very rigid and strict timeline in making sure Rachel's surgery stays on track for Mid June. Lining up orthodontist and plastic surgeon appointments when she's home on break or long weekend has been very challenging. Today was no different, we had two appointments this morning in anticipation of Rachel's surgery next month.
The morning started out with a maxillofacial CT Scan at Loma Linda. Dr Martin will use these scans to digitally align and plan out her jaw alignment. This was a quick appointment. Rachel was actually in and out before her appointment time!
Next appointment this morning was with Dr. Garcia, the orthodontist. This appointment kind of knocked the wind out of sails.
Turns out Rachel needs a crown on a tooth that in a previous mold, would interfere with her new jaw alignment. No one had called and told us that in the last five weeks since her last Ortho visit.
Dr. Garcia removed the bracket from the tooth in question in hopes we could get an appointment for a crown. Once we get the crown, all new CT scans will need to be taken, as well as new molds. This mornings scans she had are invalid at this point.
We stopped by our dentist's office on our way home to talk to the scheduler in person about the urgency of getting an appointment for a crown. Our dentist is currently out of town, but we were able to get an appointment for 2 weeks from now. Which works out perfectly for us, as we leave for a week at WDW early tomorrow morning.
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