Wisdom Teeth

As most of you already know, last week was a big one for John because he got his wisdom teeth removed. He only had two wisdom teeth, both on the bottom and impacted. Last Tuesday we were off to the OMS for his 8:45 appointment. He did really well and this was the first time he was ever put under. After the surgery it took a little bit for the drowsiness to wear off but nothing too major. The entire bottom part of his mouth was numb, too, because of the novicane. I had off work for the morning but stayed home long enough to get his prescriptions and make sure that he was comprehensive enough to know when to change his ice packs (20 minutes on, 20 minutes off). It was neat that the doctors gave us this cool little headband that holds the ice in place as you can see in this picture.



He did great taking care of himself and later in the afternoon Kristin came over to visit and chat and bring him to his team's softball game. No, don't worry, he didn't play. He just sat on the bench and did the books. John had off work the next day, too, but back to work on Thursday. He said it hurt more on Thursday than the past two days and I think it's still a little sore. I'm sure it's just part of the healing process and will get better with time. He's pretty much back to eating solid foods now even though he can't eat them that fast. He ate plenty of yogurt, orange jello, tapioca pudding, ice cream, milk shakes, easy mac, soup, macaroni salad, and mashed potatoes the first couple days.