Jackson's lip...three days later

I took some more pictures of Jackson's lip tonight. The last ones were three days ago. Judge for yourself if it looks better. I think the swelling is starting to go down. Hope it speeds up, though. Awfully hard to brush his teeth without bumping his lip or cheek with the toothbrush, which is very painful for him.

Jackson and the Novacaine...

I took Jackson to the dentist on Monday for two fillings. When he woke up on Tuesday, his upper lip was still swollen, which I thought was strange. That afternoon he had another appointment for two more fillings. When he came home, his upper lip was still a little swollen, but his lower lip was huge. Apparently he "chewed on" his lip and cheek while they were numb, which caused the swelling to remain. We urged, begged, pleaded him to not bite his lip after the Novacaine on Tuesday. This is how he looked when he fell asleep on the LoveSac at 7 Tuesday night.

Not too bad, right?

This is how that same lip looked the next afternoon:

It looks awful and painful! The whole inside of his lip is white, you can kind of see that in the pictures. I don't think these pictures showed his lip at it's biggest. People thought he got hit in the face when they saw him on Wednesday! Thankfully, the swelling does seem to be going down, albeit very slowly. He is on a diet consisting mostly of jello and pudding (and of course Halloween candy, stubborn kid!). He has been a trooper, though, and the dental assistant told me on Tuesday she has never seen a kid do as well as him, being as brave as he was, even the second day in a row.
I can't help but wonder if maybe he is allergic to the novacaine?

Halloween

We had a fun halloween this year, although it was different than any other. We finally let Mady and Jake go out on their own with friends. They had a blast, though they came home a little bit frozen! Phil took Gabe and Jackson at first, while I manned the door, then I joined them for the last little while. They had a good time, and got so much more candy than they need. I finally made each of them put 25 pieces in a ziploc bag, and I hid those away. I'm hoping they can be saved for the long drive we have to Connecticut. If so, it will be the longest their candy has lasted! Here are a couple of pictures of them in costume:

Mady is so creative, she decided to be "The Milky Way" and taped Milky Ways as well as some planets to her shirt. Gabe was the Hulk, and the green goop on his face and in his hair was not easy to get off! Jake was a "Ranger's Apprentice" from one of his favorite book series, I made his cape two days before halloween (nothing like procrastination!). Jackson was going to be Wolverine, but decided to be a skeleton instead. I made his costume, and was quite pleased with how it turned out. It especially looks cool in the dark, as all the white was painted with glow-in-the-dark paint. I even painted his mask to glow. I wish I could have figured out how to take a picture in the dark with his bones glowing, but I am just not that talented with the camera. Oh, well.