Wishing & Hoping

The last couple weeks have been rough. Last Monday (May 1st) I had a tooth that hurt so much I had to leave work and make an emergency dental appointment the next day. Turned out that I needed a root canal. Fun. Well, they said it was a two-step procedure, so they opened the tooth up and dug around for awhile and packed stuff down in the tooth to kill whatever was left, put a temporary filling in it, and referred me to an oral surgeon. What they didn't tell me was that there was going to be a lot of pain until I could have the rest of the root canal done (must have slipped their minds).

Well, Wednesday of this week I went to the oral surgeon to have the rest of the root canal done. He was a nice guy and things started off alright, except for the fact that he was drilling down into my tooth, but then he said something that no patient would like to hear; "Wow. I only see one of these about every 10 years." He was referring to the way my root of that tooth grew. I guess it split and curled and that's not normal. Well, he finished up and was very happy with it. I went on my merry way expecting when my mouth woke up for the pain to be gone. I was wrong. My mouth woke up later that afternoon and my jaw was in serious pain. Not knowing if that was normal, I took Advil and tried to sleep. I ended up calling the dentist that night and getting Vicodin. That helped a little, but it completely rendered me useless.

Thursday I was not able to go into work. Today when I woke up and wasn't any better. I called and the dentist thinks I have an infection, so along with more Vicodin he prescribed an antibiotic. Well, turns out I'm allergic to that antibiotic. I had to call and get another antibiotic...and pick up some Benedril to combat the rash that has developed all over. So, now, hopefully...the rash will subside, the infection will go away, and my mouth along with my hopefully dead tooth with be happy.

On a positive note, I have been home for the last two days. I got to sleep, take some pictures of the girls, sleep, sleep some more, watch TV, and do a little more sleeping. Did I mention Vicodin makes me sleepy? :o)