Step two: the most painful part

Ayer cumplimos con el tratamiento para la infección de muelas que tenia mi hijo, asi que hoy era el día de llevarlo para que la doctora lo pudiese tratar, me sentía bastante asustada y nerviosa por mi hijo porque a pesar de que el ha pasado por esto anteriormente siempre tiene miedo de la anestesia y yo me siento bastante mal por pensar que el este preocupado, angustiado, asi que fue un día bastante difícil. No es facil verlo sufrir de esa manera.

Yesterday we finished the treatment for my son's tooth infection, so today was the day to take him to the doctor for treatment. I was quite scared and nervous for my son because, even though he has been through this before, he is always afraid of anesthesia, and I feel quite bad thinking that he is worried and distressed, so it was quite a difficult day. It's not easy to see him suffer like that.

Antes de que entrara la doctora le dio permiso de comer un pastel de una panadería, a el le gusto bastante pero no se lo comió completo, aquí estaba bastante feliz, a pesar de saber lo que le esperaba estaba tranquilo.

Before the doctor came in, she gave him permission to eat a cake from a bakery. He liked it a lot but didn't eat it all. He was quite happy here, and despite knowing what awaited him, he was calm.

La doctora nos dijo que hay otra muela que deben extraer la próxima semana, porque también tiene infección, estas muelas estan bastante afectadas desde que el era bebe, como les comenté anteriormente a pesar de que el tenga buena higiene bucal tiene problemas para respirar, porque tiene el tabique de la nariz desvaído y tambien problemas en la mandíbula que por ahora no podemos tratar asi que será un ciclo sin fin de caries, porque sí, hoy consiguieron caries nuevas. A pesar de que no hay dia donde el no deje de cepillarse tiene caries y eso me hace doler la cabeza.

The doctor told us that another tooth needs to be extracted next week because it is also infected. These teeth have been quite affected since he was a baby. As I mentioned before, even though he has good oral hygiene, he has trouble breathing because his nasal septum is deviated and he also has jaw problems that we cannot treat at this time, so it will be a never-ending cycle of cavities because, yes, today they found new cavities. Even though there isn't a day that goes by when he doesn't brush his teeth, he still has cavities, and that gives me a headache.

Es como luchar con un ser invisible ya que no podemos controlar que no tenga la boca abierta, literalmente duerme con la boca abierta porque no puede respirar bien de la nariz y ya eso requiere operación que por temas monetarios y tambien que el esta muy pequeño no podemos hacerlo aun.

It's like fighting an invisible being because we can't control him from keeping his mouth open. He literally sleeps with his mouth open because he can't breathe well through his nose, and that requires surgery, which we can't do yet due to financial reasons and also because he is still very young.

Mi hijo lloro bastante hoy en la consulta porque tenia miedo de la inyección de anestesia, pero entre nosotros y la doctora pudimos ponerle carácter y convencerlo de dejarse inyectar, ahora mismo se siente bien, dice que no le duele y espero que siga asi. Me da mucha tristeza verlo sufrir pero al menos hemos tratado algunos de los problemas y por lo visto seguiremos asi por muchos años mas.

My son cried a lot today at the doctor's office because he was afraid of the anesthesia injection, but between us and the doctor, we were able to encourage him and convince him to let them give him the injection. Right now, he feels fine, says it doesn't hurt, and I hope it stays that way. It makes me very sad to see him suffer, but at least we've treated some of the problems, and it looks like we'll continue to do so for many years to come.