http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/12515 I woke up my son early this morning, fed him a light breakfast of toast and a boiled egg, then I drugged him with two sleeping pills, waited until he was almost out, forced him to negotiate a flight of stairs, stuck him in my car and dropped him off in a dentist&rsquo;s chair to have his wisdom teeth ripped out.&nbsp; Ah, the joys of parenting. Poor Paul has to go through the ordeal of having his wisdom teeth pulled twice.&nbsp; The first time he began to have severe pain on the right side of his face and ended up having an emergency extraction.&nbsp; They didn&rsquo;t put him under; they just numbed the snot out of him and dug &lsquo;em out.&nbsp; Ouch.&nbsp; My poor baby was so miserable for weeks after.&nbsp; And the swelling was shocking.&nbsp; I had never seen anyone swell up that bad. I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was 18.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ll never forget the sit down with the oral surgeon in which he explained all the numerous things that could possibility go wrong, and then asked me to sign a consent form.&nbsp; &lsquo;What?&nbsp; Do I look like an idiot?&rsquo;&nbsp; Apparently so, because I signed the form and they knocked me out.&nbsp; Back then they did it the good old fashioned way and really put you under.&nbsp; Trouble is, every time I&rsquo;ve ever been put out, they always have a hard time getting me to come to again.&nbsp; I think they over dose me.&nbsp; I was out for almost two days. &nbsp;But, I had prepared and drank a ton of pineapple juice, so I didn&rsquo;t have much swelling.&nbsp; I did, however, have an allergic reaction to the penicillin which made me violently ill.&nbsp; Oh, and I couldn&rsquo;t drink out of a straw for a good six months or it would come shooting out of my nose.&nbsp; Yeah, good times. Anyway, Paul knew when he had the first two wisdom teeth removed he would have to go back and get the other two out this summer.&nbsp; That and our trip to Tahoe has been all he has had to look forward to.&nbsp; He has not been too excited about this visit to the dentist, as you can imagine, so that&rsquo;s why I suggested that this time he be put under during the ordeal.&nbsp; He agreed. I had no idea they no longer did it the same way.&nbsp; Generally speaking I was told to give him two Halcion and call them in the morning.&nbsp; It was weird seeing my kid all high and loopy. Of course, this is nothing compared to when he had his cornea transplant back in 2005.&nbsp; Paul was terrified of the surgery, but he was brave and didn&rsquo;t let on until they stuck that thing in his arm so they could put in all the IV&rsquo;s and stuff.&nbsp; He lost it, turned white, got all clammy and sweaty, and started begging me to take him home.&nbsp; It was all I could do to keep from bawling.&nbsp; The anesthesiologist came around the curtain, took one look at Paul and said, &ldquo;Oh dear, we&rsquo;d better put him out now.&rdquo;&nbsp; Within a few a minutes his head was rolling forward and I was standing in the corner crying.&nbsp; God.&nbsp; I hope we never have to do that again. So, now I sit and wait for the dentist to call me and tell me they are done removing pieces of my teenaged son so I can come get him and try to repair the damage they have done.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a good thing they don&rsquo;t warn you about these days BEFORE you have kids. &nbsp; I woke up my son early this morning, fed him a light breakfast of toast and a boiled egg, then I drugged him with two sleeping pills, waited until he was almost out, forced him to negotiate a flight of stairs, stuck him in my car and dropped him off in a dentist&rsquo;s chair to have his wisdom teeth ripped out.&nbsp; Ah, the joys of parenting. Poor Paul has to go through the ordeal of having his wisdom teeth pulled twice.&nbsp; The first time he began to have severe pain on the right side of his face and ended up having an emergency extraction.&nbsp; They didn&rsquo;t put him under; they just numbed the snot out of him and dug &lsquo;em out.&nbsp; Ouch.&nbsp; My poor baby was so miserable for weeks after.&nbsp; And the swelling was shocking.&nbsp; I had never seen anyone swell up that bad. I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was 18.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ll never forget the sit down with the oral surgeon in which he explained all the numerous things that could possibility go wrong, and then asked me to sign a consent form.&nbsp; &lsquo;What?&nbsp; Do I look like an idiot?&rsquo;&nbsp; Apparently so, because I signed the form and they knocked me out.&nbsp; Back then they did it the good old fashioned way and really put you under.&nbsp; Trouble is, every time I&rsquo;ve ever been put out, they always have a hard time getting me to come to again.&nbsp; I think they over dose me.&nbsp; I was out for almost two days. &nbsp;But, I had prepared and drank a ton of pineapple juice, so I didn&rsquo;t have much swelling.&nbsp; I did, however, have an allergic reaction to the penicillin which made me violently ill.&nbsp; Oh, and I couldn&rsquo;t drink out of a straw for a good six months or it would come shooting out of my nose.&nbsp; Yeah, good times. Anyway, Paul knew when he had the first two wisdom teeth removed he would have to go back and get the other two out this summer.&nbsp; That and our trip to Tahoe has been all he has had to look forward to.&nbsp; He has not been too excited about this visit to the dentist, as you can imagine, so that&rsquo;s why I suggested that this time he be put under during the ordeal.&nbsp; He agreed. I had no idea they no longer did it the same way.&nbsp; Generally speaking I was told to give him two Halcion and call them in the morning.&nbsp; It was weird seeing my kid all high and loopy. Of course, this is nothing compared to when he had his cornea transplant back in 2005.&nbsp; Paul was terrified of the surgery, but he was brave and didn&rsquo;t let on until they stuck that thing in his arm so they could put in all the IV&rsquo;s and stuff.&nbsp; He lost it, turned white, got all clammy and sweaty, and started begging me to take him home.&nbsp; It was all I could do to keep from bawling.&nbsp; The anesthesiologist came around the curtain, took one look at Paul and said, &ldquo;Oh dear, we&rsquo;d better put him out now.&rdquo;&nbsp; Within a few a minutes his head was rolling forward and I was standing in the corner crying.&nbsp; God.&nbsp; I hope we never have to do that again. So, now I sit and wait for the dentist to call me and tell me they are done removing pieces of my teenaged son so I can come get him and try to repair the damage they have done.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a good thing they don&rsquo;t warn you about these days BEFORE you have kids. &nbsp; en-us Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:02:35 PDT <font size="2">((Hugs)) boy do&nbsp;I know that feeling&nbsp;&quot; try to repair the damage they have done&quot;...everything will turn out ok~have fun in Tahoe..there is much about kids they better not tell you before you have them! lol But they are still the best thing that has happened to me.</font> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/12515/#c_122112 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/12515/#c_122112 <font size="2">((Hugs)) boy do&nbsp;I know that feeling&nbsp;&quot; try to repair the damage they have done&quot;...everything will turn out ok~have fun in Tahoe..there is much about kids they better not tell you before you have them! lol But they are still the best thing that has happened to me.</font>