Treatment completed! (For now)

Hey! No se que esta pasando, pero este post lo escribí ayer, lo programé para que se subiera y hoy me di cuenta que no se subió, ni siquiera se guardó, asi que me toca contarles nuevamente toda la historia desde cero jaja. El sábado dimos por finalizado un largo tratamiento que nos costo bastante dolores de cabeza y muchísimo dinero, finalmente terminamos el tratamiento dental, o al menos las cosas mas “graves” a tratar.

Hey! I don't know what's going on, but I wrote this post yesterday, scheduled it to go live, and today I realized it didn't get posted—it wasn't even saved—so I have to tell you the whole story all over again from scratch, haha. On Saturday, we wrapped up a long treatment that caused us quite a few headaches and cost us a fortune; we finally finished the dental treatment—or at least the most “serious” issues that needed addressing.

Le trataron las ultimas dos caries que tenia y además le hicieron una limpieza, todo fue muy rápido y sencillo, mi hijo cada vez le tiene menos temor a la dentista, ya se lleva bastante bien con su doctora, este ultimo tratamiento fue demasiado costoso para nosotros, $120 en menos de una hora (ADIOS vacaciones de semana santa). Literalmente quede pobre con este gasto pero al menos terminamos por ahora con todo este estrés.

They treated the last two cavities he had and also gave him a cleaning; everything went very quickly and smoothly. My son is becoming less and less afraid of the dentist and gets along quite well with his dentist now. This latest treatment was way too expensive for us—$120 in less than an hour (goodbye, spring break). I was literally left penniless after this expense, but at least we’re done with all this stress for now.

Obviamente nos toca prepararnos para alguna otra eventualidad ya que la misma doctora nos explico que sus caries ni siquiera son por mala higiene, sino por tener la boca abierta casi todo el día. De hecho el se cepilla solo y yo luego lo cepillo de nuevo para asegurar que queden extremadamente limpios, pero aun asi las caries siguen apareciendo.

Obviously, we need to prepare for other possibilities, since the doctor herself explained to us that his cavities aren’t even caused by poor hygiene, but by having his mouth open almost all day. In fact, he brushes his teeth on his own, and then I brush them again to make sure they’re perfectly clean, but even so, cavities keep appearing.

Ha sido realmente complicado lidiar con esto y sobre todo el costo tan elevado, todo el país esta extremadamente caro y el sector de la salud no se queda atrás. Bueno, ese día después de salir de allí paseamos un rato y fuimos a un parque que queda dentro de una tienda, el me pidió ir allí ya que ya había ido a ese lugar con su abuelo, se divirtió un rato con la chica que atiende a los niños, pinto y jugo.

It's been really difficult dealing with this, especially the high cost; the whole country is extremely expensive, and the healthcare sector is no exception. Anyway, that day after leaving there, we walked around for a while and went to a playground inside a store. He asked to go there since he'd already been there with his grandfather. He had fun with the girl who looks after the children, painting and playing.