Had an unexpected turn of events in the past week. I decided to have a wisdom tooth extracted. It was bothering me so much and thought it be best to have it removed. Now I am thinking twice about my decision as things had gone drastically wrong with the surgery!
All seemed fine when the dentist removed the tooth..but then within a matter of days my face swelled and bruised. The pain was something awful!
I went back to the dentist..he told me I developed a hematoma. Just what I did not want to hear! The needle used in the muscle of my mouth hit a blood vessel and cause a clot to form. I have never felt such pain in my life!
I am using moist warm compresses for over a week now, along with medications..oh, it gets worse....
They had me on antibiotics and then I noticed that I was having trouble swallowing. I developed esophagitis!
This is an inflammation and burning of the throat (damage from the antibiotics). I could barely eat food..I have been living on frozen yogurt, ice pops and soft foods for over a week now.
I went to an oral surgeon for re-evaluation, and then off to the regular family doctor also.
I am now on more medication for my throat and was told the pain could last for another week more.
Ok, but, I am sorry, I do not want to go another whole week with this mess, I am so done with the pain!
So, I have been feeling pretty rotten.
Amidst all the pain and frustration, there was something positive I could do while healing..someone close to us is having a baby! Well, actually they had the baby today. A precious little girl.
I have decided to make another baby blanket of crochet (granny square style)!
Something to try and keep my mind off of my pain.
Here is the completed blanket in pink and speckled white.
At this moment though, I feel like I cannot do it with feeling so miserable. I did commit though, so I plan to keep that commitment for tomorrow.
Have a great weekend!
Louise
Hi Louise. Just wanted to let you know, that I'm keeping you in prayer for a quick recovery. I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteYou poor thing! How could so much go wrong with a wisdom tooth extraction! You just never know... Sending good thoughts your way. Hope that pain subsides quickly!
ReplyDeleteAmazing that you managed to make that cutie patootie blanket through it all!
Hope you get to feeling better. Beautiful blog - love the colors and layout. Abbie
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry everything went wrong with your "simple" extraction. Please reconsider tomorrow; you shouldn't push yourself too much with all that's going on in your body. Take care of yourself!
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