Tooth Tales

Many of you read the blog posts before we left for China where I was whining about my abscessed lower molar. Okay, be fair...abscessed teeth hurt really bad so I think some whining was appropriate, don't you? Well, I am back again....but instead of whining, I have been crying.

I went to the dentist on Tuesday afternoon to have the crown put on that tooth. The root canal had been done and I survived that dental nightmare. (Just a nightmare, because in reality it was not as bad as I had dreamed it would be.) Anyway, I just wanted to get it over with. I had been trying to be so careful when eating and was sick of chewing on the right side, but I had an episode recently where some chicken ran over to the left side of my mouth and I bit down on it...naughty chicken! I knew something wasn't right and felt I had cracked the tooth. Monday I frantically called the dentist and got an appointment. After working on the tooth for quite awhile, my dentist informed me that when I crack something, I REALLY crack it. The crack went all the way down to the root and therefore, she didn't think the crown was viable. (BIG SIGH) I frankly was not expecting this and it totally threw me off and the tears began to roll. I believe I just have too much on my plate emotionally to deal with and this was like the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm glad the women in the office were so understanding and were so nice to me!

So now what? I am headed to an oral surgeon on Thursday (tomorrow) to have the tooth extracted. If it is too complicated, they will have me come back another day and will put me "under" to spare me the ordeal. I can't decide which I would rather endure. Oh yeah...NEITHER! (haha) I have been so upset since that appointment on Tuesday afternoon but I am feeling better about it right now. I want to thank Kathy, my pastor's wife, for praying with Jasper and me before we left church tonight. It really calmed me and I am not dreading the appointment as much.

I'll tell you what "bites"....having to get the tooth extracted.....after enduring the root canal....which has not even been paid for!

Thanks for praying for me that I will get through this extraction with no complications, that a bridge will be an option, and that God will once again provide the money we need for the necessities of life......like teeth!