It was time for Logan to get the 2nd phase braces, and I chose to have it be initialized on 12/21/21 (first day of the winter break).  Before this big day, Logan really did not want to go through it again and felt that his teeth is good enough after the first phase.  Eventually Logan has accepted the fact and went with the flow.  He had an appointment last week for all the impressions and X-rays.  The big appointment on 12/21 was 2 hours long where he had both upper and bottom braces installed.  The staff said Logan did great and dealt with it well throughout the process. 

    It was quite tough afterward when Logan could not really eat well and the teeth were very sore.  By the 2nd day, Logan’s attitude improved a lot, did not complain much, and did not even want any wax.  He said he would tough it out so the gum would get used to it quickly.  He has been careful following the dental advice about what not to eat.  The cleaning part is hard too, and I am assisting him a bit on it so far.  Logan is definitely dealing with it very well; hopefully one year of it, he would be all done.

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   Stuart’s employer has created and invited the employees for a holiday drive through in Mountain View, so Stuart signed us up for last Saturday evening.  Part of the drive through was cool, but the themes were sort of random and not too festive.  However it was still nice to get us out in an evening and gave us some good laughs while driving through it.