Telling: Altars & Artifacts

mom

teeth

Took Jake to the dentist to have his teeth checked. Gus bumped him in the mouth with a chair a couple of weeks ago and two of his teeth have gone grey. Dentist said the color is from internal bleeding, like a bruise. Structurally everything's ok, but we need to watch and make sure they don't get abscessed at the root at which point they'd have to be removed. He's already lost one front tooth that way. Life with Gus is hard on Jake's teeth.

 

A Mother's Journal

field notes from
1997 - 1999