the world is your acorn

The Little Red Haired Girl had all four wisdom teeth out yesterday early in the morning. The experience was a little strange. They seem to move people through there like cattle. It’s all very efficient, but not very personal. We arrived at 8:20 for the 8:30 appointment. The Little Red Haired Girl filled out some paperwork, and within minutes was called inside. There was a 10 minute briefing about the process, the she was led to another room, stuck with the IV, and strapped down. The next thing she remembered was waking up with three people standing over her. I was in the special “surgical waiting room” where Regis and Kelly were bantering at high volume. Around 9:10 I was paged over the intercom and told to drive around to the patient pickup door. Five minutes later an orderly of some kind followed The Little Red Haired Girl out while she gingerly tottered to the car.

It was a little freaky seeing her like that. There were humorous moments later when she was just doped out and goofy, and also a slightly scary moment at the pharmacy later in the day. Otherwise things have been going as expected. She is eating some mushy things, chewing a little in the front of her mouth. The pain seems manageable and the swelling is not the worst I’ve seen. We’ve pretty much just given ourselves a time out from life, spending our time tending to the care of the holes in her gums and watching movies and reading. I took some time this morning at school with some work and probably will tomorrow too, but mostly I’m just trying to stay here to keep The Little Red Haired Girl company. It’s actually nice to have an excuse to veg out some, although I’m sure The Little Red Haired Girl would give it up in a second in return for feeling normal again. Soon enough, I’m sure.