We have had a hard time scheduling a time for Ryan to get his wisdom teeth out. The past few fall and spring breaks he has been on some trips, like going to Moab with the Young Men and going to New York with the Marching Band. Spring break is during swim season, and I wasn't sure how much time he would need to take off, and they do practice during the break if they are in town, so I didn't want to do it then. We were planning to have it done as soon as school let out before Covid started, and now the pools are closed and Ryan can't work as a lifeguard, it's time.
He wanted Derrick Price to do it since he did Blake's wisdom teeth. I wanted him to go to the oral surgeon that Britta went to and be put under general anethesia. Blake moaned a lot getting his teeth removed and I could hear him clear out in the waiting room and it was very unnerving to have to listen to as a mother. It sticks in my mind as one one of my worst parenting moments, to be wondering if my child is in pain and hurting. Derrick prescribes a sleeping pill to take the night before and another in the morning to make you drowsy and I remember Blake falling asleep in the car on the way to Derrick's office. I told Ryan I couldn't take that again and that Delwyn would have to take him. I found out tonight that Derrick and Blake had planned it all to make me nervous. And it worked!! Derrick laughed and confessed to Delwyn when he found out why I wasn't there. It still didn't make me feel any better. Blake was pretty loopy and maybe he was in some pain.
And it's a good thing I stayed home. They were gone 4 hours!!! Ryan wasn't drowsy enough and so he had to take another sleeping pill and then wait for it to take effect. Both bottom teeth were deep and the roots were going every which way, which made it really challenging to get them out. It took 45 minutes to get the worst one out and Derrick had to break it into pieces first. Ryan said he didn't really feel very sleepy and he was pretty aware of what was going on. A couple of times he was in pain but just powered through it to be done. He felt like they were breaking his jaw. I was pretty nervous and paced around the house and yard quite a bit. Good thing Denya and Britta were here to keep me company. Blake's only took about an hour and I couldn't imagine what was taking so long. Delwyn started texting me after about 2 hours. The assistant came out and gave Delwyn an update and it just took a long time. Good thing he's the last kid, I don't know if I could take this again.
He came home with some pain pills and instructions to ice for 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for the next couple of hours. His appointment was at 5:00 pm, which was another surprising thing, I expected it to be much earlier in the day. Comfort Dental is open until 7:30 pm, but I was still surprised they start a surgery that late in the day. It was after 11:00 pm when we went to bed. Ryan wanted to sleep in the recliner so his head would be elevated. I was going to Wade's at 7:30 am to watch the grandkids so Ryan could have a quiet day to sleep and rest on the couch. Britta offered to sleep on the couch to keep an eye on him and also to give him his next dose of pain meds at 2:30 am. I have the best kids and it is so touching to see them love and take care of each other. My kids really do have such good relationships with each other. Ryan was pretty miserable and I was wishing I had told Wade and Landon that I couldn't take care of their kids.
I left the house pretty early and tried not to make any noise. When Denya got up and went down to the basement to work, this is what she saw and sent me this picture. So sweet! The recliner got uncomfortable in the middle of the night because Ryan is so tall, so he moved to the couch and Britta moved to the floor.
After a couple of days, Ryan was getting bored so he tried to teach me how to play a video game. I was a poor student, but it was fun to try. I just can't get the controller to move fast enough to move my people or shoot my weapons, but I gave it a fair try.
The right side is pretty swollen. Ryan is getting tired of soft foods and says applesauce and ice cream don't stick very long so he's always hungry. Why do we have these body parts that we don't need?? I'm glad our family is done with wisdom teeth removal!
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