Ow, My Jaw is Killing Me

So Monday I had to get my tooth fixed. I tell you now, even though I had novocaine, it was very stressful/painful.

First, they numbed me up with 7 needle shots to the mouth. My cheek was numb up to my eyelid. Left side of my nose was numb. My jaw was numb. My tongue was numb. My lips were numb. Every single thing on the left side of my face was numb.

Then, they started to drill. They had to crack the remaining tooth in half (which was mostly beneath my gums). Then, they started to pull out my tooth roots. Boy, was that painful. They took hold of the roots and started twisting them out like they were screws in a piece of wood.

Finally, one root was out. They showed it to me. It was a bloody mess, but I saw it. The root was the size of a piece of candycorn. I should have asked to keep it. They then pulled out the rest of tooth fragments and I was done.

Now I'm doped up on Percocets, Vistaril, Cleocin, and Penicilin. The Percocets really knock me out.

I had Kristin around all day to take care of me. She could tell I was in a lot of pain. She got water for me a lot, cuz the coolness of the water made my mouth feel better. I could only eat pudding and yogurt at first. My dad made supper and I ate chicken, broccoli, and pasta. Took me the longest to eat, but at least I was eating. O yeh, also like to point out earlier in the day it took me a half hour to eat a sandwich because my mouth hurt so much.

Hope today will go better.