Through The Stitches

Well, it's gonna be almost two days since my surgery to remove my wisdom teeth. Instead of getting all four of them out, my parents decided to just remove the two bottom ones for now and remove the two upper ones next year just to save some money. Cost alot of money just to remove those teeth out. Here's what took place during surgery day and the latest updates as of right now...

-June 28, 8:00 am was my day and time for the surgery at some place in Chula Vista. The night before, I only had a total of 3 hours sleep before waking up at 4 am to get ready. I didn't really know what to expect so that was the cause of my trouble sleeping. I was told to avoid any kind of eating or drinking of any sorts 11 hours before operation, including water, which I soon became a little bit dehydrated. They also said not to brush my teeth right after waking up. Woke up early and left the house early with my dad to try to avoid the morning traffic but we eventually got stuck in traffic.

-Got to the place an hour early before they opened, so I decided to take a nap in the car. Woke up around 7:45 am and used the bathroom just before signing some papers and heading into the operation room.

-Around 8:10 am, an assistant checked my blood pressure at least 5 times to make sure it was okay. He then told me to put three heart rate patches on my body to monitor my heart rate during operation. Another assistant entered the room and I began to ask her questions. She said it would take at least two weeks to heal, no brushing the teeth until the stitches are completely dissolved, only liquid foods for the first week, avoid any physical contact, rinse mouth with salt in water, and use ice packets to place on cheeks to help slow down swelling. There were other instructions also given.

-The dental surgeon came in and began talking to me. He wrapped my right arm with some sort of tie to make the vein pop out. He then placed the IV into my right arm vein and an assistant placed an oxygen mask over my nose. From there, all I remember was the doctor asking me a few questions until I fell asleep.

-I don't remember how, but I woke up feeling dizzy and light headed. I woke up with two gauzes in my mouth, and asked one of the assistants if I could see my wisdom teeth. She showed me a cup that had my wisdom teeth partially covered in blood and in pieces. The other assistant then helped me get into the car and all I could remember was being really dizzy.

-As I got to the SD house, I kept biting on the gauze pads and I felt my tongue and lower lip become all numb. I layed down on the couch and fell asleep. I woke up and my throat was dry and that's when I began to spit alot of blood. I was swallowing my own blood during my nap and that's what made my throat sore. I drank water for the first time in awhile. My cheeks were somewhat swollen and sore. My dad bought me an ice cream shake from Jack In The Box, and I had to wait for it to melt to actually eat it. I took another nap after taking my medications. When I woke up again, my dad told me that it was time to go to the other house. I continues to bleed and I kept spitting out the blood in a plastic bag. I continues to bite on the gauze pads to help stop the bleeding.

-Got back to Temec and I had stopped bleeding. I fell asleep again and didn't wake up until 8 that night.
For dinner, I made mixed myself a strawberry yogurt in the blender. After that, went back to sleep and didn't wake up until 3 am the next morning.

-So far, I've been taking alot of naps because of the medications I am taking. The doctor said bleeding usually occurs up to 3-4 days but luckily for me, I stopped bleeding completely right after I got back to Temec. I don't bite on the gauze pads anymore. Haven't brushed my teeth since the night before operation and got damn, I wanna brush my teeth just because my breathe right now is stankin'. I've been getting the hiccups alot lately which gets annoying. The doctor made it seem that I couldn't talk at all for the next two weeks but I can actually talk, just mumbling though. So far, I've only eaten an ice cream shake, strawberry yogurt, cream of mushroom soup, and cream of chicken soup. The only thing that kind of bothers me is the stitches on my gums. I can't really open my mouth to speak or even laugh because of the stitches. It really gets annoying when I try to swallow my own saliva and I feel the stitches pull back a little bit. So far, I've been okay. Just been getting alot of sleep and rest. I have a check up with the dental surgeon this Thursday to see the progress of the healing. I will still continue on with my two week break. By the way, ya boy is doing good so need to question about my status. Still tryna get my rest so I could heal faster. O yea, one more thing, these stitches are a bitch!

If you wanna learn more about wisdom teeth maybe for the near future, just check out these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_teeth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraction_%28dental%29
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/wisdom-tooth-extraction