Two Teeth Less

Yesterday was the big day. The husband had to go back to the dentist and get two teeth pulled. His original appointment was at 10:30 but they called and said he could come early about 10. So we headed out. As he left the house, he told the dogs he hoped to see them again. Oh my!

We arrived at the dentist at around 9:45 and they were not ready for him. They asked us to wait in the adult waiting room. Yeah, my dentist has a kid's waiting room and an adult only waiting room. If you know me, that is a major plus in my book. Not exactly a kid person. Anyhoo, we went and sat and sat and sat. The husband started getting antsy. He said he was tired of waiting and was going to leave. Kinda hard to do since I had the keys to the truck.

So then he decided to walk into the back of the office to make sure they didn't forget about him. I followed him as he made his way thru. They were still working on some teenagers so the husband said he was going outside. The dentist came out and asked where he was, I told him he was outside making a run for it. He asked if he was coming back. I said, Dunno! So the dentist went outside and talked to him.

I went outside to check on him. He said the dentist was wearing something on his arm. I told him it was an IPod. That way he couldn't hear the screams. The husband didn't appreciate my humor!

Finally around 11, they got the husband in the room and all hooked up. They had heart rate monitors on him, blood pressure monitors, oxygen and the IV.

At one point I heard the heart rate monitor beep differently, I told the husband he was flat lining! He didn't care for my humor again!

Oh look, the implements of pain!

The dentist really doped the husband up. He didn't want him to remember anything so next time maybe the hubby wouldn't be so uptight about going. I sat right outside the door. They would try to get the husband to respond verbally to them but he was so doped up he couldn't. The assistant thought my picture taking was pretty funny. Once he got doped up, she was telling me to come in and take his picture cause he'd never know! But I waited till they finished and got this post-op pic.

After they took the IV out, we had to wait for about 15 minutes for them to monitor the husband. During this time, the assistant was telling me the dos and don'ts. She said he couldn't dip for 48 hours. The husband argued about this with her in his drunk state. He also advised her she wasn't near as mean as his wife! Isn't that sweet!

She came back in and said he was ready to go home. He had passed out. But we roused him and got him to the truck. But didn't he look happy in his drunk passed out state!

I stopped on the way home and got him some ice cream, which he drooled down the front of him. It's really hard to eat when you're entire bottom lip is numb! He's doing better now with un-numb lips. But now I have to listen about the huge craters in his mouth! Oh my, please pray for me!