Recovery

I was pretty pleased with how well I felt yesterday after having my wisdom teeth removed. Jesse took excellent care of me and kept a rigorous schedule of icing, eating smoothies, changing my gauze, and keeping track of the somewhat complex medication schedule. I'm so thankful that he was here to take care of me, I really couldn't have done it alone.

The surgery went really well. The only potentially hazardous event took place before I even got to the oral surgeon's office. I didn't realize that the Valium had kicked in on the car ride and when I went to walk up the brick stairs to the office, nearly fell face first. Apparently, my legs and brain were not really talking anymore -- brain said "lift foot" and foot responded with a lazy drag. Luckily, Jesse caught me and I avoided any further oral surgery to replace my two front teeth.

The only thing I really remember is the IV needle going in and a little pain from the Novocaine shot a couple of minutes later. In no time, I was awake in the recovery room chair (don't really remember walking there). I slept on and off for the rest of the day, but by mid-afternoon I was starving and slurping down a delicious blueberry pineapple ice cream smoothie that Jesse whipped up in the kitchen. I made him fix another later on in the evening so I could post photos. Oh the sacrifices I make for this blog!

This morning I woke up with Jesse at six and kept to my regular pill schedule. I then got up and made a breakfast yogurt smoothie, even though my stomach was hungry enough to scarf down two burritos. I should have taken that as a sign to get back into bed, but immediately went about with my usual morning routine. As I was sitting at my desk (typing my blog entry for the day), I suddenly felt faint and a wave of nausea come over me. I staggered to the bathroom and cried on the toilet for a few minutes until Jesse convinced me to get back into bed and finish my smoothie.

He was right, taking my meds on a mostly empty stomach was a bad idea. I'm feeling much better now that most of the smoothie is down and hopefully keep yesterday's recovery momentum. While my cheeks are a little puffier than yesterday, but they're certainly not terrible enough to not venture out of the house. Maybe I'll go on a short walk this afternoon to get some fresh air.