Another wonderful weather day.....but there was no time to enjoy it! The 1st Lady and I left about 9:30 for STL and her appointment to begin the process of her two teeth implants.
I had to return to lamps that we decided not to keep for the bedroom, so we quickly went by EXPO Design Center to get our $$$ back. Then, it was over to St. John's Hospital and the Doctors' Building located at the Hospital complex.
They.....the dental surgeons....took her in at 1pm......and called me back into her recovery room around 2:15. She was a bit druggy, but sitting up with a mouth full of gauze. They had gone into her jawbone....I guess.....and inserted whatever devices are needed so that the new implants can be screwed into the bone during the next stage of this drawn-out procedure.
They gave me a prescription to get filled in the Pharmacy next to their offices before we left......and when they released her, she said she could just sit there and wait. Well.....it didn't take 10 minutes........WOW!!!!! As busy as they were........what the hell is wrong with the Pharmacy here in our small town?????? It usually takes us here in town no less than 30 minutes to an hour to get prescriptions filled.........and there in that tremendously busy building with tons and tons of various doctors, it only took about 8 minutes!!! GREAT!!!
By the time we returned home, she was hurting and so took some of the pain meds to ease the pain. Then.......since she had not eaten since last night.......the meds then took over her stomach....and soon she was feeling really, really bad!!!! She suffered through for awhile as I kept putting ice packs on her jaw for 30 minutes out of every hour......per instructions. But.......she finally lost it everything of the pain killers in one quick "swoop".
Soooo, now she is finally relaxing and has fallen asleep. She will need some pain meds later on, but she also needs to sleep!!
Had a call from her sister this evening........and our niece, Kim who lives in St Joseph, had her house burn to the ground today!!!! This is the second niece we have that has had their house burn in the past few months......really odd!! Kim lost everything.....may salvage a few pictures.....but not much else was of any value after the fire. She has had nothing but hard knocks in the past few years. Her first husband, the father of her two children, was killed in a car accident; her second, and current husband's son who lived with them was killed in a car accident just recently, and now.......her house burned down.
And sooooo, the day has not been one of the finest, but there are always things happening to others that is much worse.....MUCH worse, soooooooo.......as usual,
Life is Great.......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!
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