The Tooth The Whole Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth

[puppetmaker]

I got to visit with my dentist around noon. We have a super dentist. He couldn't touch the tooth without me jumping out the chair. After a couple shots of Novocain, he managed to numb it down to winces rather than jumps and he can work with winces.

I have a fractured tooth. I even know when it happened which was a couple of months ago when Caroline's head connected with my mouth in a bone chilling crunch. I though everything was OK since all my teeth were still there. Apparently there was a crack and now the tendon that holds the tooth in place is inflamed and I have an infection in my upper jaw. He got most of the infection out and put a drain in to let the rest seep out. He has me on a number of medicines to kick the infection before he can fix the tooth.

All this may explain why my energy has been in the bottom of the barrel. I knew I was running a low fever off and on for a while now but I put it down to allergies and the like. Last night was really the first decent night sleep I have gotten in a while. So we'll see what happen.

Today is figuring out what needs to be done to restock the larder and a few other household chores to get the house back on a even keel after a convention.

I am grateful for my dentist.

Comments

[tryslora]

Eek! Cracked teeth are awful, but your dentist sounds wonderful. Hope the meds have you feeling better asap!! That low level pain and infection and fever is one of those things that's just an energy and mood-killer.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Just getting a good nights sleep was a big help. So far I have been feeling good enough that I haven't had to hit the heavy drugs for pain.

[tryslora]

Yay!!! Between sleep and having it drained that probably helped the pain a lot. *fingers crossed* And sleep is one of those things you don't realize how much you do need it until you finally get it. *wry smile*

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. And here I thought I had been getting OK sleep. After one really good night it is amazing how much better I feel.