It all started yesterday at 7:20am. My alarm went off and I promptly laid back down on my bed thinking that my life was about to change. Now granted, I knew that I would need to get up because I needed to shower, not eat or drink anything, go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, and vote before my appointment at 9am.
So I eventually got up and got all that stuff done, and mom and I went to vote (thankfully I got to do it before I went unconscious ; ) and then we were off for my lovely appointment. I wasn't really nervous or anxious. It was more that I didn't like waiting or anticipating what was about to happen. So we got there, we saw a friend that we said hi and bye to, and then mom checked us in while I found a seat to relax in : )
We weren't waiting very long and a nurse came and called my name. I turned to mom and I believe she said I love you, i'll be praying, good luck or something along those lines....I then told her i'd see her after!
I had two nurses promptly ask me if i'd had anything to drink or eat for the past 6 hours, and I assured them I hadn't. : ) They put me in this nice, cute, quaint room where I sat in the chair and started to get myself relaxed and ready to have this thing done. It didn't really occur to me that I may not wake up from such an operation. I wasn't thinking that something would go wrong. And I was so positive and ready that it didn't seem like anything could go wrong.
I had a really nice nurse that asked me if I had any questions as she started to prep me. I told her I didn't think so and she started to put things on me and get me ready for the doctor. She did however tell me that even though I would be unconscious, I would answer her if she asked me a question and that I would respond if she asked me to open my mouth and things like that. But then she assured me that she wouldn't ask my bank account number ; ) Well, that was a relief off my shoulders!! Lol jk....
She started out by putting a tube/mask over my nose and she told me to start breathing in it. I asked her what it was and she said it was just some laughing gas to calm my nerves. : D Haha, yeah....I've seen what laughing gas does to people in movies! She then hooked me up to a monitor to regulate my heartbeat I believe, and she put 2 clamps on my wrists, and one over my finger, and also she put an IV in my left arm, and as she was slapping my arm, she asked me to make a fist to the best of my ability and then open and close it almost like I was pumping it. She asked me to uncross my legs and she put a little stethoscope on my neck to monitor my breathing. I breathed deeply for her a couple times when she asked.
It then occurred to me that I might have been sleeping because I was still responding and I didn't know if she had drugged me up or not so I stuck one of my nails in my fingers to make sure I was still alive and awake : ) Oh yes.....yes I definitely was! I felt the pain, and then I asked myself why in the world did I just do that?!?! lol.....I then tried to tell my brain that I wanted to remember my experience and that I couldn't forget anything so I tried my hardest to remember things. : D
I started to think about the tube/mask over my nose, and it was quite funny that I got to experience laughing gas also that it made me want to laugh. So when my nurse went out of the room, it was just so funny to me that I had to laugh a little. And then I laughed even more because I was laughing at laughing gas!! I then told myself that I needed to stop laughing because I could hear the beep beep beep monitor beeping faster because my heart rate was going up from all my laughing! And I certainly didn't want them to think that something was wrong so I tried to stop. But it wasn't that easy. I just couldn't get over the fact that I was laughing about laughing gas!
Then everything started. The nurse came back in and asked me if I was doing alright, which I was. And then she started putting things in my IV. I felt a rush of tingles all over my body. It actually made me kind of itchy but don't worry, I didn't move : ) She asked if I felt weird and I told her that my whole body was tingling and I felt kinda sleepy, she assured me that all that was very normal. I then remember thinking about so many different things, and then telling myself to remember how I felt.
I heard the doctor come in and say something and then I don't remember anything else until the very end. I remember telling myself (in my mind) that I should start to wake myself back up, but I wasn't sure if they were done and I certainly didn't want to see anything, so I just laid there listening to my heartbeat and feeling relaxed, I wanted to just lay there sleeping all day long. : ) The nurse came in and told me that she wanted me to start to wake up as she took off my tube/mask, the clamps, the IV, and so I opened my eyes, and I heard mom coming in the room and the nurse was telling her that everything went really well and I should be just fine.
As they helped me stand up and go out to the vehicle, I was doing pretty well. I was conscious but I did feel a little dizzy. Overall, it was a very successful operation and I felt pretty great after it. Mom dropped my prescription off at the drug store and then took me home to rest.
Ever since then, mom has been a fantastic nurse. Even with my being grouchy about certain things (I blame it on the drugs ; ) She really does know how to help someone and take care of them, and I was able to get ahead of schedule so that I wasn't in so much pain. I did almost pass out and get sick (only once though) because I tried to get up too fast to go to the bathroom, but then I thankfully got some delicious chocolate milk in my stomach and I took a pain med.
Today I'm feeling much better. I am chilling at the house with Trenton and we are about to have a good time : ) I believe the plan is to go to the store so he can make a good dinner for everyone else, as I have.....yogurt or something like that! And then my room is in dyer need for some Christmas lights ; )
But the pain hasn't been terrible. I was/am really lucky. It seems like my operation has been the best out of the family. I'm still sore and it's still hard to drink sometimes because I don't want the liquid to touch my toothless spots, but overall I'm doing good. I'm still putting lots of ice on my face and I'm sure I look hilarious (Trenton agrees : ). But, it's been pretty good so far!!
So now you are all updated on my awesome experience with having my wisdom teeth taken out. It is true, everyone's operation is different and I would encourage anyone to be unconscious if you have to get it done. It was really good for me to be, and now I have this awesome story to tell! It was my first time using an IV and having any kind of drugs and it made me feel like I was in a movie, in a hospital with people running in and out seeing if I was ok : ) Lol, no seriously, it did feel like that! ; )
Well, i've got a lot of fun to have. . .so I best be off! Enjoy your day : )
