About a month ago Garrett had a dentist appointment. The dentist told me that Garretts wisdom teeth needed to come out. He said he was really young but his bottom wisdom teeth were coming in at an angle and starting to push against his back molars. Since he had already completed braces, he didn't want to mess up all the orthodontic work we had done. Our friend Maryann is an oral surgeon and we had her take them out for us. Garrett was a little nervous as we headed to his appointment. When you have never had anything like this it's a big deal. I don't even think he has every had an IV or bloodwork. His appointment wasn't until after lunch and he couldn't eat anything all morning. That was hard for him! Maryann was so sweet and made things really easy for him. They had him on the laughing gas before doing anything. I could tell that he was already loopy on the gas. Taking the teeth out didn't take long. Maybe 20 minutes. When I went back to see him, he was so loopy! He was crying and shaking a little, but she said that was all normal. All four teeth came out really easy, there were no problems. The top teeth were still developing and didn't even have much root on them yet. He was talking and crying and trying to wake up. He was so funny on all the drugs. He wanted to take his shirt off and show the staff his big muscles. I got him to keep all his clothes on but that didn't keep him from flexing his biceps and pulling his sleeve up for them to see. He was so goofy as we left the office. He was so calm coming in but as we left, he sounded like a crazy drunk. All the way home he chewed on his gauze and wanted to eat it because it had protein in it. As we walked into the house Lucy and Nolan got a kick out of him. He was dancing and singing as he washed his hands. I loved being able to see him so silly. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! Not long after we got home the medicine started to wear off. He then was really sleepy and just sat there staring into space. Once he was awake and ok, I headed to Walmart to fill his pain medicine and get a few things. He was feeling pretty good the rest of the day. He kept some frozen corn on his face on and off the evening. He was able to take some pain medicine and eat some soft food. We even went out for an ice cream cone that night, he ate his with a spoon. Hopefully his recovery will be quick since it was an easy extraction, and he is young.
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