Cat, DMD

I'm updating my resume. Will be adding "simple tooth extraction" under Other Skills.

Yep, LP is now officially bungi. Her tooth was loose enough to knock out with my left punch, but that would have left her face black and blue. True to form, though, she was playing with her Gameboy while I deftly tied a length of floss around her lower incisor.

She giggled as I gently tugged away, "Heehee!!! Are you making my tooth dance, Mommy?"

And one strong yank upwards, it came off.

I announced, It's off! It's off! Andolini, who was watching TV, scrambled madly for the camera. Let's take a picture! Smile, sweety! The corners of her mouth stretched into an uneasy smile, as blood started trickling down her lip.

Quick! Gargle with icewater! I yelled.

After which she started yelping in pain. Blood in the sink is never a pretty sight.

She carried on, crying, blood and tears flowing, Don't do that again, OK?!?!?!? Twenty minutes and few tablespoons of ice cream later, she's happy again.

And happier the next morning. The tooth fairy gave her a hundred pesos for her perfect, no-cavities tooth.