Evan's Surgery

About three weeks ago I took Evan to the dentist for his six month routine check up.  I was shocked when she called me back to the office to look at an xray.  She had found what she was pretty sure was an odontoma tumor.  She recommended we immediately see an oral surgeon and have a CT scan done.  I felt like I went into a bit of a shock but she assured me that this isn't anything to worry about and that odontoma tumors are benign.  That still didn't make me feel a whole lot better. 

We got in with the oral surgeon two days later.  He confirmed that it was in fact an odontoma and that it needed to come out within the next month or it would cause his permanent tooth to go in a different direction and there was no way in telling where the tooth would eventually erupt.  The thing that was worrisome was that he said if we let it go too long it would cause Evan a lot of pain and possible infections.

Of course Evan and I both wanted it out as soon as possible.  A week after the diagnosis we were suiting up for surgery.  When the surgeon opened the jaw bone (with a bone saw) he pulled open the tumor and in it were 12 mini teeth.  As he was pulling these teeth out, the nurses and other doctors were coming in to take a look.  He said in his 16 years of practice he has never seen an odontoma tumor contain that many teeth. Leave it to the Murray to make history for this guy!

Evan did great and is healing like a champ.  And boy does he have a story to tell.