Maybe he just likes pain

Official Older Daughter Jill reports:

Mack had his return visit to the dentist today. He had his filling replaced and, apparently, while she was in there, the dentist saw something on the tooth next to the filling that she didn’t like. So she “opened” that one and put a little filling or coating in there, too.

Mack was very concerned with being numbed up. Last time he chewed up the inside of his cheek while numb, and hurt for days. So, according to the dentist, he asked to skip the numbing agent. She told him she was dubious, but would give it a try. But if he moved around she would numb it up.

Apparently he held perfectly still. Even the dentist, a kind of grumpy person, was impressed that he had two fillings with no numbing.

Nothing like a little pioneer dentistry.

Afterward Mack competed in a track meet, taking 18 seconds off his previous best in the mile (1600 meters actually), down to 7:13. He also had a personal record 7-6 in the long jump.

Aidan and Kiley also competed in the 100, and Aidan in the 400 and long jump (he made it to the pit!).