I painfully lost four teeth today so my teeth can be more easily straightened by my braces. Ow!… It hurts a ton, and I’m only a few hours into the pain. It took a little longer for me because I have super-long teeth roots, just like my dad, and Grandma Nancey, and probably my ancestors before that. I had to have about six shots of Novocain to numb myself up, and had one of those laughing gas things that look like a big rubber nose. My cheeks are beginning to get puffy now, and it’s really hard to talk.
One really cool thing that happened was that while I was breathing laughing gas I felt almost unconscious, but wondering if I was unconscious or not. It was really scary, because silly ideas like the thought that I’d die came into my head. What I did to assure myself of consciousness was to make small noises and to simply mentally tell myself I was conscious. I dunno, that part felt scary, and looking back felt really cool! My dad took some pictures of me before-and-after! Enjoy! (I know I didn’t! Ha ha!)
Oh, MAN! You didn’t mention that dying part! Your response was EXACTLY like Papa would have done.
xo, Mama
Just don’t do what I did and overdose (take all the pills at once :S). The doctors did a poor job explaining to me the purpose of the different pills and they explained it to me WHILE I was loaded from the operation. So…yeah, I took a drowsy pill as well as the other pills at like 10am and I had a high caffeine beverage at the same time–it’s quite a magical experience but it leaves a kill headache, haha!
And don’t eat any jawbreakers for awhile…they won’t feel good ;-)