Not what I had in mind..

Last week I think I probably wished everyone a Happy Halloween about 10 times because I was so excited for it myself.  I had Logan's costume all set to go and couldn't wait to get started with our little kitty, Ava.  Unfortunately, my wisdom tooth decided it had other plans.  It was pretty sore all afternoon, but as the end of the day drew closer I could barely stand the pain.  Needless to say, I wasn't able to do much damage control on Logan's candy bag (even though most of it was pretty healthy stuff).  That night I woke up twice because of the pain.  I'd never had any kind of mouth pain like that ever before in my life, and I was completely miserable!  Friday morning I called around to see if anyone could get me in.  The soonest appointment available was for Monday at 11:30.  Are you freaking kidding me?!  How in the heck was I supposed to survive another 3 and a half days like that?!  Luckily, I didn't have to wait that long.  My awesome boss made some calls and found someone who would come in that evening and take care of it for me.  He shot me up with 3 or 4 pens worth of Novocain and a little bit of laughing gas.  After about 30 seconds they both kicked in and I could have sworn that I was inside a kaleidoscope listening to a rocket blast into space! Hahaha!  Needless to say they worked wonderfully and he got the tooth out before I even realized it.  Now I just had to deal with the little bit of after pain and the fear of dry socket.

The remainder of that day and the rest of the weekend I did everything possible to avoid getting dry socket.  I stayed away from using any kind of straw, I didn't drink carbonated or caffeinated beverages, and I stuck to the softest foods I could find.  This again bit me in the butt when I went to my cousin Jeremy and Heather's Halloween party.  One other tip for not agitating the hole in my mouth was to stay away from beer.  Really?! I couldn't even have one beer?!  It was frustrating but I made it work by sticking to my Vodka Gummy Bears.  They were pretty potent and became Marissa's new weapon of choice!  I don't think I'll be able to look at a gummy bear the same way again after that night.  It was so great getting to see Jer, Heather, Jesse, Charity, and even auntie Pam stopped by!  Of course, the night wouldn't have been complete without a few heart-to-hearts with them.  I'm constantly reminded and shown what amazing family I have, and just how lucky I am to have them in my life.  I guess you're bound to get close when you spend your summers together at grandma's.  Oh the memories, lol! ;)

To end my weekend, I discovered it wasn't only my mouth that was having issues, Logan was cutting the gums on one of his 2 year molars.  I thought we'd already been through the teething crap for this tooth, but I guess the fun just keeps on coming.  He was having fevers off and on, sweating like crazy, wouldn't eat or drink much, and the poor baby couldn't sleep longer than an hour or two before waking up and wanting more orajel.  It's been draining on both of us, but I just hope that it's over soon.  Thank goodness for Gatorade.  That seems to be the only thing he wants to drink and it keeps him mostly hydrated.  He is currently taking a nap that has now lasted for 3 hours!  On the bright side, I'm able to get a few more things done, including taking a short nap myself.

Hopefully the rest of this week brings happy, encouraging, and positive things for my family and yours!  Take care :)