Thanks Julie,
Although, to be truthful, the cure doesn't really sound like much 
fun.  They want to stretch out her upper jaw, now before her pallet 
fuses completely.  They put this brace in and you have to turn the 
crank every morning and evening for a few weeks to force the two 
sides apart.  Then, they take that out and jam these special spacers 
in your back teeth, which would drive me nuts.  I hate getting little 
strands of celery between my back mollers.  Imagine having a dentist 
ram something in there and you can't flaus to get it out.  When I 
left yesterday, I couldn't help but think that, if it were me, I'd 
take the crooked teeth, but she still wants to go for it if at all 
possible.  Ah, the foolishness of youth.
Just think, I'd actually be paying someone to torture my kids.  Hmmmm!
Kathy



At 11:15 AM 3/28/2007, you wrote:
>Kathy,
>
>Praying for miracles for Liz and for your mortgage.  I know how Liz feels.
>I have crooked teeth which were never able to be straightened due to 
>our family's lack of funds and insurance's unwillingness to pay.  I 
>pray God will do something special for Liz in this regard.
>
>
>
>JulieMelton
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>www.heart-and-music.com
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>Keep smiling!
>
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>
>
>>From: Kathy Du Bois <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Liz needs braces
>>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:04:42 -0400
>>
>>Hey Guys,
>>         Our family would appreciate your prayers.  We got the 
>> results from the orthodontist today.  Actually, two dentists have 
>> recommended braces for Lizzie, so we decided that we'd better, at 
>> least, have a professional check her out.  The procedure that they 
>> are recommending would actually stretch out her top jaw because 
>> her mouth is so crowded.  Tooth extraction is a possibility, but 
>> it isn't the first choice.  Well, the kicker is that our insurance 
>> does not include orthodontia.  Most do not, which means that this 
>> would be out of pocket if we move forward.  They want $800 to 
>> start and $125 for the next two years until she is through 
>> this.  We've told Liz that if the Lord wants it done, He will 
>> provide, but right now, we do not feel led to put it on our credit 
>> card and move forward.  She really wants to have her teeth 
>> straightened so we've told her she'd better start praying.
>>         We're also having trouble with our mortgage company, which 
>> is the U.S. government.  Our mortgage rate is based on Greg's 
>> income which went up last year and we keep receiving different 
>> letters stating that our mortgage payment is a different amount. 
>> We received a letter today stating that we owe $2,000 by April 
>> 1.  That's the latest.   It's one of those times when I really 
>> wish that we could have afforded a regular bank mortgage because 
>> dealing with a bureaucracy is very tedious, to say the least.
>>         So far, I'm still pretty much at peace with all this.  I 
>> just pray that we make the right decisions.  I did believe that we 
>> were approaching the point that we are entering miracle teritory, 
>> however and so I'm asking for prayer.
>>Thanks guys,
>>Kathy