How can you not be proud?

Iggie is a good boy, we know. How good and how proud can you be of him??? Beyond words. Due to his spectacular fall in JB, his front tooth is damaged. And according to the dentist, there is a need to remove the dead roots. So what does that mean? Root canal treatment.

Yes, a 3 year old boy...going to a dentist...and have root canal treatment. For the uninitaited, root canal treatment means, having the dentist drill a hole into the core of your tooth, and insert a clinical swap to clean the roots. Topping it off after the cleaning, would be filling up the hole with some amalgam. Yes, all these for a 3 year old.

We tried one month ago...without much success. At the very first instance the dentist apparatus entered his mouth, it was the end of the visit. "What is that on the roof, Daddy? What is that on the computer? Is that for drinking?" Iggie went on asking and distracting all, and refuse to let Dr Lam continue his procedure. So Dr Lam advised to just come by a few more visits, so that Iggie will be more familiar with the clinic.

So this trip, we tried again. I mean, Sharon did lots of talking before I came back. But I was not confident at all that it will be successful. I asked Iggie on the way, and he told me that he will NOT let Dr Lam use his apparatus. "I will knock his chair down, if he asks me to open my mouth.." We started the session with me asking the Doc if there are alternatives...let the dead tooth outgrow itself...extraction when it is infected...blah blah. Yeap the start was already below the line...

So with all "optimism", we settled down on the dentist chair. Iggie lying on Daddy. I held his little hands, and look up at the Doc, together with Iggie. "Iggie, open your mouth....look at this, it makes sound...and it has lights...", the Doc tried. But the task at hand was tough, and soon he settled down to extreme concentration, before he plunged into the first drilling....zzznnnnnzzznnnnnznnnnn....and Iggie stayed as still as ever. I am so happy. FOr a good twenty minutes, he stayed so still, when the Doc went through all the procedures, using five out of the ten apparatus he has at his disposal. My brave boy went through the whole episode without breaking a sweat. And...oh I tell you, Dr Lam was soooo very proud of Iggie. He was so impressed, and proclaimed this is the first time it is so successful for a kid, and not to mention a three and half boy.

Of course, it all comes with a price. Not the dental bill, but immediately after walking out of the consultation room, Iggie with his swwwweeeatest voice said," Daddy, so now Iggie can buy TWO Sentosa Express train, right?"

Can I say NO???