The Tooth Fairy and Other Matters of Consequence

Tony had his #18 tooth pulled today, which is the next to the last one on the back, left-hand side. My sister accompanied him, and in true Tony fashion, he took it like a champ. Thoughtful as he is, he asked the dentist to keep his tooth so he could bring it home to show his wife who is in nursing school. He really shouldn't have. It was huge and...well, rather disgusting.

They had to get this tooth out of the way before he can start radiation treatments. He'll need about two weeks to heal up from this before radiation gets underway. He got more drugs today, so hopefully he won't be in too much pain.

In related news, we had a bit of a cancer discussion with the little dude last night over dinner. I have to share one of the more memorable moments from the conversation.

Me: "Have you heard of radiation before? Tell me what you know about it."

Little Guy: "Ummm....I know radiation turned the Hulk into the Hulk."

Me: "I walked right into that one."

So, yeah...we had to break the news that Dad would NOT be turning into a superhero. Although that would be pretty cool.