2024-01-18T14:25:43Ztag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/third-dentisttag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/738/31452024-01-18T14:25:43ZNancy Shee<p>I pray there is time for slowing down and taking deep breaths and hugging each other between all the huge decisions for baby Grace. Self care for care givers is so very important. Sounds like the treadmill is going very fastd</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/738/31442024-01-17T12:43:05ZLinda Wightman<p>Unfortunately, the transplant situation may be what's driving the aggressiveness--though I still don't like the Boston dentist. And it's inexcusable that you don't have the x-rays yet! How hard can it be to e-mail a digital image?</p> <p>But I know that doctors worry a lot about negative impacts of dental problems on other body systems. For example, with even minor heart problems, they recommended a prophylactic course of antibiotics for dental work. I don't think we actually had to do that, or maybe just once, but the concern is that it's easy for bacteria from the mouth to get into the bloodstream, and the mouth is a pretty dirty place. Still, that was decades ago; who knows what they do now?</p>