Jackie has had a lot of dental work but on Saturday she had a wisdom tooth extracted. This is the first time I have seen Jackie really nervous about going to the dentist. I was even enlisted to come and sit in the waiting room while the tooth was extracted.
She has had the appointment booked in since before Christmas which meant plenty of time to gather up lots of horror stories from friends and colleagues about their wisdom teeth disasters. Fortunately Jackie had a 9am Saturday appointment which meant there wasn't much time to dwell on it before going to the dentist. I was brave too as I had to get up early on a Saturday morning and sit in the waiting room, feeling guilty that I haven't been to the dentist for a number of years.
Quite promptly around 9am a little man popped his head into the waiting room to fetch Jackie, now I was alone with all the literature telling me how important it is to go to the dentist regularly and what horrible things might happen if I don't.
I did start to get a little worried when after 20 minutes the power tools started up and I expected to hear screaming but there were just muffled voices and lots of power tool noises. It turns out the power tool was a surgical saw used to cut the bone to allow them to extract the tooth.
However not long after the power tools started up Jackie appeared with a grin on her face, she looked a bit like a vampire with traces of blood around her mouth but she put her hand over her mouth and laughed and we scurried out so as not to scare the other patients.
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| A surgical saw, possibly similar to the one used on Jackie (she doesn't know cause she kept her eyes shut) |
The anaesthetic hadn't warn off so Jackie couldn't talk properly but it was fun to watch her try. We walked home and got her set up on the couch. We put together a shopping list:
- Custard
- Yoghurts
- Fruit smoothies
- Chocolate mouse
- Bananas
- Soup
- Straws
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