One Down :) Three To Go :(

Yesterday I had one of my wisdom teeth pulled out by Dr. Joseph Miller. He did an awesome job, I would recommend him to anyone. Joe is a dental student and is finishing up his last year here in Puerto Rico, just like Matthew. He is married to one of my very good friends Lily Miller. I wish them luck and know he will be an amazing dentist. My visit was an interesting experience, I decided to undergo the procedure with nitrous oxide (what we call laughing gas). This was my first time using nitrous. Well a couple of minutes after I began to inhale I felt a little light headed, I was ok, but after about five minutes I started to giggle then I couldn't stop laughing. Joe had warned me that I would feel like I drank two beers, and of course I had no idea what that felt like, so I was in for a surprise. Everything Joe was saying made me laugh, in my head I had to keep telling myself to stop laughing and that what he was saying was not funny at all, it helped a little, but I was still giggly.

Anyway, the surgery went fantastic and today I feel so much better. I'm still a bit swollen, but I can eat solid foods now and I'm not in pain anymore, thankgoodness. I was anxious to pull this one out in particular because it didn't grow all the way out and was still half way under my gums. It began to spring up about four months ago and It bothered the heck out of me because I couldn't clean it as well as I wanted to. So I'm glad that's over, but I'm not looking forward to pullng the rest of them out. Hopefully Joe can do it again since the Millers and us will both be in California for a few years.

Sorry if this disgusts anyone but I wanted to remember this interesting day with this picture. It's wierd because you never imagine them to actually be this huge. I can't believe this was buried in my gums!
(Thank you Krsiten for taking me so early and picking me up, and taking me to Walgreens to get some medicine, you're the best!!!).