July 31 – “Bad to worse”

Bad …

I had my dentist appointment yesterday to see about replacing the filling that came out right at the beginning of our Alaskan adventure.  The doc told me we could indeed do that, but a perfect storm was brewing in my mouth, and it would be my choice how to deal with it.  So, actually part of the tooth broke off as well as the filling.  The tooth next to it already has a crown, accentuating this one’s weakness.  It is the tooth that does the primary chewing job – now for both sides of the mouth since the extraction on the other side.  A filling will work, but will be a temporary fix at best.  It may last for a few years, probably less with the extended use.  A crown, on the other hand … ouch.  But yep.  The new material they are using for crowns, zirconium, is much stronger, and was created for people who have teeth that tend to break easily … “And that would be you.”  Yep.  She said that.  So we started the crown process.  The temporary one is in now.  The permanent one will be here in five to seven days.  It will only take fifteen minutes to install.  Can’t wait.

Badder …

It seems our air conditioner has been running almost constantly just to keep up with the temperature we have it set on.  That makes for quite the electric bill, so we called the repair folks … again.  He came while I was at the dentist’s office, so he had the pleasure of dealing with a hot and bothered Chris.  She didn’t have to press too much, though.  The guy agreed with her one hundred percent that it shouldn’t be doing this.  They have had to come out way too much.  He finally added some more Freon and assured her that he would talk to his boss in the morning about what more they can do.  It still ran forever.  Well, until Chris set it up to 78 degrees.

Worse …

Last night Chris got sick.  Like fever and chills and coughing sick.  She ended up sleeping on the couch.  Never good when Mama doesn’t feel well …

But good …

Gotta find a silver lining in all this.  Before Chris started going downhill we went over to Nathan and April’s for dinner.  Nathan made spaghetti and green beans and salad.  Good stuff.  The best part of the evening was watching Chris get excited all over again as she relived our trip through showing off our pictures.  They were kind enough to watch them all, too.  Modern version of the proverbial vacation slide show, I guess. 

Ephesians 3:20-21 says, “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever!  Amen.”

Father, please heal Chris quickly.  Amen.